"Democracy is a system of people united in self-governance where the majority rule does not infringe on minority rights. "It's easy to see democracy as merely a people united and the majority vote determines the decisions. I think that it's important to remember that we keep human rights in perspective. During the era of civil war, the majority of people agreed with slavery, even though many people thought it was wrong. I think one of the most important characteristics of American Democracy is it's ability to change and ideally protect the rights of all people, even if they aren't the majority vote.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Democracy in 25 words or less.
Towards the end of class today, we were asked to define Democracy in 25 words or less. I came up with the following.
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Paige, I wonder if "Democracy is a system of self-governance that unites people in majority rule that does not infringe of minority rights."
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what a "system of people" is. LDL