"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers, " Aristotle observed in his Politics. "If liberty and equality are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons share alike in government to the utmost"" (Aristotle 60.) The media coverage on our elected officials is a constant factor in how well our leaders are maintaining democracy. ... This affected the laws which go into place and how things are conducted in government both on the federal and state levels and is by far not what democracy should include. ... This creates a field 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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If executions were made public, America would see the torture we put Americans through and be so ashamed by it that they would want the government to abolish the law. People would be more humiliated if they knew that visitors from other countries come to watch Americans kill their own. Americans supposedly take much pride in being the flagship of democracy but yet they kill their own (Winters, 1997). ... The government wants Americans to feel safe in their own homes. ...

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When a country is at war, the general population's main sources for breaking news are the government and the media, which are sometimes one in the same. In conflicts since the Vietnam War, the amount of first-hand reporting has diminished. As a consequence, the government became the source for mu...

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