What Is "Democracy" Anyway? What Is "Government" For?

A democracy is mob rule. That's why our Founding Fathers didn't want the United States to be a democracy but rather a republic.

It doesn't make that much difference. I believe the people and government have been separated since Nov 23, 1963. In a true Democracy , we the People would connect And rule over what gets done in government. But these days both parties of the government are more concerned in one upping the other side. And We The People do not even pay attention anymore. Think about it only 1/4 of the people are happy each election. Why? Only half of us even vote. And it depends on your age if you even care about what the politicians do. I used to get so upset until I figured out that Anyone can get Anything they want here in America, legal or illegal. My one cause that I would worry about is/was abortion. But then I thought , if people could get runaway slaves from the south to the north then we can get a woman to a safe abortion. So the suits here in D.C. can talk and Think they are ruling us but to Actually rule over a person , you Once have to get their attention!

In a Democracy everyone has an equal vote. They don't have a right to do what they want to. That's anarchy.

When this country was first created; our for fathers were getting away from the Queen.. She decided what was what.. No one really was able to speak out against her or tell her that she was wrong.. Without major conquences.. Yes it is true that it seems to the little man that we do not mean jack, we can not make a difference.. But if a group of the little man come together; they are recornized by the government.. Does it change the situation; usually not.. If we stop believing in our system regardless of how coruppt it may be.. It could become a lot worst.. No longer being able to speak our minds; to say this is wrong, or this is not right, that needs to change.. There are other countries were their citizens dont dare say those things.. If nothing else the idea of being a government run by the people for the people must stay alive and strong.. Physically as one person changing the big governement doesnt seem possible.. Sounds crazy actually.. Mentally as one person changing it seems possible; since mentally anything is possible.. If people stop dreaming for a better tommorrow; tommorrow will be dark and cold without hope.. Hope is the key..

Let me start by saying I'm rather amused by you're relating government to movies. If we look up democracy in the dictionary, we basically find that it is a government ruled by the people. Government is basically defined as the body that governs or rules. When people talk government or politics they often refer to those at the state level. We have a representative democracy, because for obvious reasons a direct democracy just won't work for a body governing hundreds of millions people spread out of over thousands of miles. When I think about it, I find out view of government ironic. When people talk about office politics, they rarely if ever stop to think that those exist because a business with employees is basically a type of government, usually a dictatorship. All organizations with more than a few people are basically governments, that have structures. If you notice clubs and often companies have presidents (representing the highest authority). Now in a club or organization, if we don't like the structure we can simply leave. However in a job and especially in a country, it isn't that simple. To compound the problem a country must represent a great diversity of people and interests, as opposed to something like PETA which specifically represents one interest common to all its members. The job of these governments is to create a social structure which is as beneficial to all members possible, at least in a democracy. So what's the difference between the Republic and the Empire? Not much really, and less to the person with little or no power. That's why there was a rebel alliance, which was essentially an opposing government. Once a government type structure was formed the alliance could easily carry out missions and resist the empire. This happens in the real world all the time, recent Libya is a good example. Government is more than just a ruling body. It's a social structure that allows people to more efficiently achieve a set of goals. In order for government to be effective and retain power it must do one of two things. Either provide incentives; protection, resources, freedom, etc., or it must rule by a fear, essentially the opposite of one ruling with incentives. Now the 2nd model almost always collapses. A democracy should always rule by incentive, though I can hardly find a truly good example of one that does.

Democracy is a type of government which people have freedom. Such as freedom of speech, freedom from suffrage and freedom of media. It is the kind of government ideal for the people. :)