Bubbalo wrote:
Oh, for F***SAKE PEOPLE! There are *economic* systems, there are *types of nations*, and there are *political* system. The USSR was *purely* totatalitarian. That was it's political system. It was *purely* a federation of republics. That was the type of nation. It was, depending on who you asked, either *purely* communist or not communist at all. That was it's economic system. By the same token, the US is a democratic (or demarchic, some would say) republic. Not a mixture of the two, but 100% both. For example, I am not part white and part male. Instead, I have 100% of both those qualities.
You are incorrect. First: One type of system influences the other, they don't exist in a vacuum. E.g. you won't find too many Democracies with a command economy, and a purely capitalist state CANNOT exist in a totalitarian, or socialist state, even if they are watered down. Second, nothing is ever pure. I would have thought that was clear by now. Third, Democratic Republic, with respect to the US, refers entirely to its political system. It is a Republic because it does not have a Monarch (and you either do or don't, so yes, that is 100% correct). It is Democratic because we elect our representatives. It is NOT a Democracy, because the people do not rule here. The representatives we elect do. So, on that count, you are wrong. The US is NOT 100% Democratic.
Last edited by whittsend (2006-05-22 08:27:52)