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To: tejek who wrote (223855)3/13/2005 3:54:42 PM
From: Taro  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573821
 
Ted,

so you are telling us that Switzerland did not become a democracy until 1971.
By same means Germany became a democracy 1919, a full year before the US made it.

Taro



To: tejek who wrote (223855)3/14/2005 7:56:37 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573821
 
Rule by the majority means the majority of voters.

The majority of US citizens did not vote in the last presidential election (or any recent national election)

Definitions are often fuzzy. If the group of people eligble to vote is a small minority than, esp. if they are decided by class or status I would call the government an oligarchy, but large groups of people being unable to vote only makes for a flawed democracy not an non-democracy.

Tim


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