I wonder if part of the problem is democracy is rather ill defined. I'm sure you have seen the classic case where some one says the United States is not a democ

I wonder if part of the problem is democracy is rather ill defined. I'm sure you have seen the classic case where some one says the United States is not a democracy but a republic... usually its a troll comment. Regardless I think there is general confusion as to what a democracy is [1] and isn't. [1]: http://www.economist.com/node/8908438 http://www.economist.com/node/8908438