The International Symbol of Democracy
Posted on 12/20/2023 1:03:17 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Only about half of young Americans in a poll released Wednesday say democracy is the greatest form of government.
A poll from The Economist/YouGov shows that among U.S. adults surveyed, support for democracy is strongest among older Americans, but it declines in every subsequent younger age bracket — with the weakest levels of support among adults younger than 45.
Only 54 percent of U.S. adults ages 18-29 agree with the statement, “Democracy is the greatest form of government,” including 21 percent who agree strongly and 34 percent who agree somewhat. Another 34 percent say they neither agree nor disagree, and 12 percent say they disagree.
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Well, there’s Churchill’s adage that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other ones tried.
Yes, we are a republic.
China is a democracy. Cuba is a democracy. North Korea is a democracy, etc.
We are NOT a democracy.
“We are a REPUBLIC damn it.”
Yes, but the people conducting the polls are too ignorant to know it. The young people have never even heard the term.
Because they are too stupid to know the difference in types of government.
our founders knew democracy was the worst form of government and so formed a Republic...
dumb masses.
They want the gravy train government
The International Symbol of Democracy
Most of the young people in the US are waltzing toward totalitarianism but are too busy watching the latest TikTok to notice or care.
We have too damn much democracy. It’s destroying the republic.
It has devolved into ochlocracy.
“We are a REPUBLIC damn it.”
A CONSTITUTIONAL Republic, to be more precise.
Of which ours is a type of democracy, in that the ultimate power rests with the People, through their chosen representatives (at least in theory).
A pure democracy is simply tyranny by the majority. No thanks.
In the limit as time approaches infinity, all forms of government approach Kakistocracy.
Did you vote for your state governor? Congratulations. You participated in Democracy.
Sounds right to me. We have had a varying degree of fascism (defined as government control of privately owned property) for the last 20 years or so and they believe that to be “democracy.” Why wouldn’t they reject it? Unfortunately the same propaganda that led them to believe our current system is “democracy” also leads them to believe our current government is aligned with our founding principles.
“Democracy”. as a form of government, has been defined over and over, and yet, no two definitions quite agree with each other, and some are diametrically opposite of each other.
“Representative republic” most nearly agrees with my personal vision. and even that is subject to distortion and abuse.
But “One man, one vote, one way, one time”, is no way to run a railroad, either. Most often, the “Golden Rule” applies.
Them as got the gold make the rules.
The founders of this country had a very low opinion of Democracy. I believe that opinion was justified.
We have also very little remaining as a Republic form of government. It has been replaced by a stifling army of bureaucrats ruled by an executive Kleptocracy.
We are better off when fools and knaves cannot control our lives. The system we have in place today is not working.
Exactly. I am so utterly sick of the total stupidity and ignorance of so many. The USA has never been a “democracy”. We are a Representative Republic. Sure - there are some democratic components, such as the right to vote. The 17th Amendment was one of the most direct assaults on our form of government made so far. The entire point of the Senate being made up of members sent by state legislatures was part of the important checks and balances of our Republican form of government.
No amendment ot the US Constitution is more in need of being repealed than the 17th Amendment.
We are a constitutional representative republic.
Most young people nowadays can't even do basic math, so they certainly don't know the difference between a republic and a democracy.
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