What is democracy?

Question

I need a simple explanation of what democracy means. No biased opinions just a simple description. Thanks

Answer 1

Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.

Answer 2

1 a: government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

2: a political unit that has a democratic government

3capitalized : the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the United States <from emancipation Republicanism to New Deal Democracy— C. M. Roberts>

4: the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority

5: the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges

Answer 3

It's mob rule.  In a true democracy, every issue must be voted upon by the people.  It's unworkable.  We have a democratic, constitutional representative republic, but it's commonly referred to as a democracy.

Answer 4

Rule by the people.

When it is distinguished from "republic," it means that laws are made by the voters themselves, rather than by the people's elected representatives.

Answer 5

1."Demos" from the ancient Greek meaning "The people"

2. "Kratos" from the ancient Greek meaning "Power"

3. Demos + Kratos = People + Power = "Demokratia" = "Democracy".

4. Which is a form of government of popular sovereignty where the people control via their elected or chosen representatives.

Hope this answers your question.

NDS

Answer 6

Gore Vidal said: "Apparently democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates".

George Bernard Shaw said: "Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for the appointment by the corrupt few".

Seth Preston said: "Democracy: an institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts".

Answer 7

In theory or in practice? Read George Orwell.

Answer 8

Your next question should be "What is our Constitutional Republic and why is it far superior to what is called democracy?"