I beleive that this is the definition of a democracy.
1. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
2. A political or social unit that has such a government.
3. The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
4. Majority rule.
5. The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
Now this might not be perfect in the US so we have checks and balances so it doesnt spiral out of control. To my knowledge, and I could be wrong elections with this kind of margin of error are not common place here in the US.
This is the reason why it is considered by some as a "stable democracy".
However the real reason why I am even posting this is because you had to bring up one of the worst and pretty much the last "dictators" still around. Nonetheless I felt compeled to correct you. Americans as well as Cubans living in that country (Cuba) feel he is a dictator and they are all suffering from his grasp.
I know I was born there and I was there till I was 10. I went back recently and it sucks. So if you ask me will I take, according to you, an unstable democracy over Cuba? Hell yes any day of the week!
You will never know until you leave in a country like that.
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I beleive that this is the definition of a democracy.
1. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
2. A political or social unit that has such a government.
3. The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
4. Majority rule.
5. The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
Now this might not be perfect in the US so we have checks and balances so it doesnt spiral out of control. To my knowledge, and I could be wrong elections with this kind of margin of error are not common place here in the US.
This is the reason why it is considered by some as a "stable democracy".
However the real reason why I am even posting this is because you had to bring up one of the worst and pretty much the last "dictators" still around. Nonetheless I felt compeled to correct you. Americans as well as Cubans living in that country (Cuba) feel he is a dictator and they are all suffering from his grasp.
I know I was born there and I was there till I was 10. I went back recently and it sucks. So if you ask me will I take, according to you, an unstable democracy over Cuba? Hell yes any day of the week!
You will never know until you leave in a country like that.