[tylerdurden]

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Ok. What if (and I realize the analogy is starting to get silly) the boss decided for the five buddies that each would have a day and each could choose where to go to lunch on "their" day? Whether they agree it was a good idea or not, there was no vote, and the situation is still democratic because the five people still have equal say on where they eat lunch, and the boss doesn't have any interest in the situation at all.

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That's not democracy. It's equal in some senses, but that's not what defines democracy.

Part of the problem here is that you have a rigid definition of "voting" and a very, very loose definition of democracy.


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I mean, isn't the question of whether or not the US system is democratic important?

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Well, it's pretty clear to anyone that looks at the situation that the US system has democratic aspects but is NOT a "democracy" in a strict sense.