America is NOT a democracy

@adrinachrome Said
What bad things have we done?
Slavery? Sure but so did every other country.
Although we had to war with ourselves to resolve that problem,
The war in Vietnam was pretty bad, but we never say otherwise
and we DID save all those French people.
The War in Iraq? Thats bad I guess, but we did depose of a ruthless tyrant.
Frankly you should not judge America by our last 8 years.
George Bush is NOT America.
The reason I like to think we're the best country in the world, or at least the most beneficial to the people of the world, is the fact that we've defended freedom, more then anyone else, we've stopped more tyranny then any other nation on the planet.

@matzi1110 Said
slavery ending in the civil war, that wasnt the main reason that that war happen that war was because the union didnt want to lose money and land.

@jonnythan Said
Slavery was absolutely the main cause of the Civil War.

@matzi1110 Said
well, then maybe youll want to have a litle talk with high school teachers ad the school board and tell them you think so.

because thats not what they are teaching these days.
it was all an economic thing, south was getting taxed the s*** out, they left, union wanted to keep them, and when they didnt come back willingly they went to war and in the mids of that slavery got brought up.

thats what the school system is teaching now.

@matzi1110 Said
or we could all just take care of our selves and family and community...

i think the federal gov have been getting greedy with the power its been taking lately

@jonnythan Said
I've studied the Civil War extensively. Having grown up in the Deep South it was something of a big topic. I have a few true experts in my family who have dedicated their lives to the subject.

I can say with absolute conviction that slavery was the main cause of the Civil War. Everything about the South's economy and way of life absolutely depended on slaves. The thought of slavery being outlawed scared the s*** out of the gentry of the South, and they became increasingly militant over the issue as time went on.

There were of course other factors, some of them significant, but slavery was without question the big one.

I'd be glad to discuss the topic with high school teachers in Michigan. No offense meant to them, but they're high school teachers. In Michigan. They're not experts on the subject. Not that I am, either.

@the7thdimension Said
its ridiculous, everyone thinks that bush alone is responsible for the anxiety of the american people. the whole system is the problem. the reason i say america is NOT a democracy is that many American citizens are coerced to believe that America is a nation entirely governed by the people.

To change anything in this country, we have to get devoted, commited, and TRUSTWORTHY people in offices. we also have to design a more rigorous system of checks and balances, between branches of government directly at the discretion of the greater public. We all need to realize that freedom is a responsibility. Each and everyone taking part in that responsibility will ensure our freedom.

@adrinachrome Said
Neither of you guys are qualified to say what America needs.
Its unrealistic to think a nation as large as America could be seriously run by 'the people' alone, its just too big, it would make the decision making too slow, and America is by far too important and too tempting of a target for it to be slow, or slower then it already is.
We do need to fix the corruption some for sure, but I'd bet neither of you (or me) really know the best way to do that. As for taking care of it from the bottom up, well when I try to fix a problem I usually go for the biggest problem first, but again I am pretty sure I wouldn't know how to fix the problem.
There's always gonna be corruption, in any form of government.

@matzi1110 Said
from the bottom up i mean people need to realize that the big vote that they all do for the president is a joke our founding fathers made to make people think they were doing something important.

the votes that matter are the votes for your local and state and who they vote for for representing them when it comes that time.

yes im not qualified to say it but its better then not saying anything at all.

@adrinachrome Said
I totally agree with you there,
the popular vote is a delusion.
I don't think that
'the people' should make the decisions for the country, as I said a speed thing, no government can afford to be slow, but we should definitely be allowed to have a real say in who leads the country.