Re: [WDDM] Democracy rating

[Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin(at)pobox.com>]

On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 06:04:29PM -0500, Bruce Eggum wrote:
> The problem is the "people" are not governing. The many loose descriptions
> of "democracy" don't cut it any more.

Yah.

> A democratic "device" does not make a democracy. The USA itself does not
> provide for "Initiative" and Binding Referendum.

Some of the states _are_ democracies. It's just the federal government
that is still a republic.