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Is democracy dying?

 
Khaga 2016-11-29 18:02:43 

awwww


Similarly, the proportion of people in America who’d be fine with a military government has leapt from one in 16 in 1995 to one in six by 2015. “But when you look at young and affluent people, it’s gone up from 6 percent to 36 percent — that’s a sixfold increase.

“But the most worrying sign in the United States,” argues Mounk, “is simply the complete erosion of democratic norms in the political system.”

 
SnoopDog 2016-11-30 10:54:03 

In reply to Khaga

Why Socrates hated democracy.

 
Tryangle 2016-11-30 13:16:12 

In reply to Khaga

“Voter participation has gone down in a lot of countries, people are less and less satisfied with particular governments, they no longer trust politicians, approval ratings for Congress, parliaments, and so on, are very, very low.”


That seems to be true across the board.

 
Commie 2016-11-30 14:23:14 

But America isnt a democracy.

Its a constitutional republic.

The person who got the majority of votes in this election is not President for that exact same reason.

 
carl0002 2016-11-30 15:03:06 

You all should Watch Requirem of an American Dream - Naom Chomsky.
Democracy, what Democracy? Democracy bought and paid for by the elites.

 
nick2020 2016-11-30 16:16:26 

In reply to Commie

Any true democracies out there? I think we know the answer is no.

 
black 2016-11-30 16:52:24 

In reply to nick2020

Another Communist just showed up. lol

 
carl0002 2016-11-30 17:20:27 

Wall Street - art mimics reality

No truer words have ever been said - In a movie: "You're not stupid enough to think we are living in a democracy buddy".

 
nick2020 2016-11-30 17:28:10 

In reply to black

Well I do not think there is a right way to govern as it comes down to different strokes for different folks.

To me life is like shopping.

A store allows you to make purchases using the following facilities:

Credit Cards
Cash
Layaway

Some people cannot responsibly manage their own money so they give it to the store piece by piece while that store holds the item until you clear the balance.

At the end of the day it is about the culture of the people and the expectations. Barbadians expect to be able to go to any beach in Barbados and no government will be able to sell them on privatizing beaches. I do not believe Jamaicans have a problem with private beaches.

The most important thing is for governance to work well.

 
black 2016-11-30 19:12:34 

In reply to nick2020

There is a way to govern, whatever the system of governance, people should be treated with dignity, respect and live freely, as long as you're not breaking the laws or violating someone else's rights.