Originally posted by Slow-N-Low
What you're describing is a dictator. If you want to live under a dictatorship, maybe you should move to Iraq. Here in America, the Constitution puts the power in the hands of the people, not a single dictator. That's what makes our society free. Keeping the people informed is part of the deal.
well.... what you describe is a true democracy.... which is
NOT the american way. our way of government, which is laid out in the constitution, in actuality is an aristocracy.... not a true democracy. it is commonly misconstrued as such by the ignorant.
aristocracy: a government in which power is vested in a minority consisting of those believed to be best qualified by the majority.