Poll: Is Democracy Genuine?

Please kindly express your opinion on the following:
Is democracy genuine (i.e. in USA & Europe)?
This means that the people really decide what happens
A) Yes
B) No
C) Other.. [specify]

Thank you!

Originally posted by libertad
Please kindly express your opinion on the following:
Is democracy genuine (i.e. in USA & Europe)?
This means that the people really decide what happens
A) Yes
B) No
C) Other.. [specify]

Thank you!

C) Neither country has a true democracy... It's an elected representative democracy where these leaders make the decisions for you, based off what the people want... however this doesn't happen alot of the times...

And in this case... NO.

As above, the US has a a democratic republic. But in the spirit of democracy-

Yes, actually, I do beleive that the American people have the power to decide what happens. However, many ignore that power and do whatever their party wants them to do. But, if everyone really voted for what was in there hearts, it would be so.

Agreed with the above.

But of course, what kinds of answers were you "hoping" for, exactly ??

Truely, C. Because we dont get to know the whole story most of the time..

I mean, we get to do certain things, but they hide so much from us.

What exactly constitutes as democracy ? The Greek platform, where slaves had no rights, women had no civil rights, etc etc etc ?

Deep

[edit on 13-9-2004 by ZeroDeep]

Originally posted by libertad
Please kindly express your opinion on the following:
Is democracy genuine (i.e. in USA & Europe)?
This means that the people really decide what happens
A) Yes
B) No
C) Other.. [specify]

Thank you!

Within the confines of your question, yes. However, it should be pointed out that the United States is NOT a democracy... it is a representative republic... we elect our representatives and they represent (supposedly) our interests.