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"We the people of a democracy?" Democracy has nothing to do with censorship. Italy, for example, is both far more democratic and employs more censorship than t
by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
"We the people of a democracy?"
Democracy has nothing to do with censorship. Italy, for example, is both far more democratic and employs more censorship than the US does.
The US is one of the least democratic democracies in the world. An abismal percentage of the population votes on anything. The president is chosen by about 9% of the people. 9% of the population chosing a corporate puppet to write executive orders is a democracy? Okay, sure...
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoDemocracy is a choice - 9% or 99% it is a free choice of those people. No one is preventing them exercising their votes except themselves. Don't like the corporate puppet bit? The sunlight foundation amongst others is a good place to start. Oh and don't knock the USA too quickly - Italy only makes "flawed" democracy in the Economist global rankings. Edit: the 9% did strike me as low. Turnout in 2012 was 58% and Obama won on 51:49 - making him elected with ~30% not 9%. Are you somehow counting minors (ie whole population) to drag that down to 9%? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elec...
- ptaipale 14y agoCan't be that, no so many minors in the US. 24 % are minors, not 70 %. And anyway, democracy is that you have the right to vote, not that everyone votes, or that all votes are for the one that got elected. In fact, the places where someone is elected with 100 % of votes are decidedly not democratic.