On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, David Monosov wrote:
where there is power, there are struggles to take control over that power, and exploit it. This is apparently one of the beauties of democratic capitalism (under which I will be so bold to presume many of us live).
The United States is a republic, not a democracy. There's a huge difference.
Are you well enough versed in the political science to define and understand the differences? If you're you'll know that there is no and never been any true democracy anywhere and republic is just one type of this political system. And in my view US can be be described as corporate republic. Meaning large companies and special interest choose and make the elite (rather then individual families as in classic republic or democracy) and use goverment to futher achieve their goals and legal and financial system to maintain control over demos and use press and other means (financial and otherwise) to that purpose. -- William Leibzon Elan Networks william@elan.net