A Democracy made up of patriotic hard working citizens. ... The money of American citizens. ... It has eroded the central requirement of a democracy that those who are governed give not only their consent but their informed consent"(Ben Bagdikian, pg. 192). ... In chapter 3 of his book Rich Media, Poor Democracy, McChesney discusses the affects of commercialism. ... Similarly absent is commentary on dangers of this political one-sidedness to American democracy"(Ben Bagdikian pg. ...

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How has America let this happen? How has America let drugs, addiction, disease, and corruption take over the lives of millions of Americans? ... Where there is democracy, there is freedom of choice. ... The best thing about democracy is that if Americans feel that democracy and their civil liberties are being infringed upon, they have the power to vouch for change. While many things through the course of America's history have been shifted and altered to preserve democracy, the War on Drugs has not budged since the Reagan era's conservative republican administration waged the rid...

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The Guatemalan government, like many governments of Latin America, has been through multiple changes. ... "A Central American convention declared Central America independent on July 1, 1823, and formed the United Provinces of Central America, a federation that included Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua."3 A concept similar to the United States of America, that ended up sounding too good to be true, because the different people living in the region of Central America were all very different. ... In 1954, Guatemala's military organized a coup' d...

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Changing from being ruled by monarchs, to imperialists, with a short lapse of democracy before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, and ongoing from the 1970s a blend of socialism and capitalism introduced by Deng Xiaoping. ... The Strong Immovable Chinese Government: It is noted that with the growing western influence in China, the people of the middle class have had many changing desires, and in particular for this study: a demand for democracy. ... The people of China may want democratic reform, however the CCP is able to appease to the people in a way that gives them "demo...

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When the English settlers came to America they formulated the Bill of Rights which contained 10 Amendments outlining the rights of the people over the government as well as the government's freedom to rule over its people. ... The original Bill of Rights was created with the view to promote democracy and protect the state instead of the individual liberty. ... "There is no doubt that the so called democracy that many of us believe in is in fact authoritative governance" [qt. ... With the above discussion it is clear that the foundation of the American freedom and protection of the Bill of...

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By calling attention to what seemed an unjust draft law, signers and distributors of the Declaration were determined to put an end to the war in Vietnam, an event that they believed would benefit America as well as Vietnam. ... Movements for civil rights, gender equality, and war resistance, for example, have nudged America closer to its citizens' ideals of freedom and equality. ... A democracy is the government of the people, not solely for the unquestioning conformists of the government. ...

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Successful Interventions: The war in the former Yugoslavia pitted Muslims against Serbs, there so many atrocities against the Muslims that the American led UN forces had to intervene. ... Today Haiti is still struggling to maintain a stable democracy, but the violence has stopped for now. ... Israel has a mighty army with sophisticated airplanes and Tanks supplied by America, while the Palestinians has small arms that are mostly outdated. ...

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American teens, unlike their European peers, don't learn how to drink gradually, safely, and in moderation. ... In the recent years, Americans have seen a hardening of prohibition efforts. ... It undermines students" relationship with the law when crime rates are high, and it has the potential to create in students a life-long animosity towards police in general - not a healthy attitude in a democracy. ...

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Because Hobbes believed that people are only supporting their own interest, he thought that democracy would never work. ... The rights of these people are neglected and as the "war on terrorism" is not over until every terrorism organization is worldwide combated, the suspects, (non-citizen, but also American citizen too) can be hold indefinitely. ...

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After the seventeenth century crisis of order, Europeans gradually moved towards the idea of liberal democracy and capitalism, hoping to model their society with the ideals "liberty, equality, and fraternity.... The Americanization of Europe began, causing the implementation of more American values and morals into European culture. ...

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