best form of govt

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 maani wrote:

NNJF: 

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"It has lasted us this long."  A whole 250 years?  Consider that we are among the youngest (if not the youngest) countries on the planet.  Which means that the governments of all the still-extent countries founded before us have forms of government that have lasted them far longer.

He should have said it made us this sucessful in such a short period of time. America's staggering growth to a world power is really amazing, and a large part of that is owed to the fantastic system of government we have.

"Other than civil war there have been no crises of government."  Ever heard of a little thing called Watergate?  A president was forced to resign when it was clear that he would be indicted for "high crimes and misdemeanors."  And Iran/Contragate also threatened to reach into the highest levels of government, though Reagan was able to dodge it when others (Poindexter, North et al) essentially agreed to take the fall.

Please, Watergate was hardly a crisis of government. Nixon got himself involved in some underhanded activites, and had the unforunate luck of getting caught. He resigned. The nation was not rocked or sent into turmoil. 

"And we have had regularly scheduled elections every two years for about 230 years."  Yes, but the accuracy and reliability of those elections have become increasingly questionable, especially in recent years.  Our current president had to be "appointed" by the Supreme Court after the Florida debacle of 2000.  And there is strong reason to believe that the 2004 election was also unreliable due to certain problems and irregularities in Ohio.

Or the American public has become increasingly similar in opinions and thus the split between candidates isn't as large resulting in our current close elections. 

"The constitution is a brilliant document."  True, for the most part.  But keep in mind that is based at least partially on a much older document (the Magna Carta), and that the very "elasticity" that its founders built into it has become a flaw and, in some cases, a liability.

Whichdrew from Locke. And the US constitutions allows plenty of room for change so it will not be doomed to whither as an archaic document.
Peace. 

To answer the question a pure democracy would be ideal but very unrealistic to maintain. A democractic republic is the best way.

Poll Question: which form do you support and why?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
democracy	19	[32.76%]
republic	6	[10.34%]
communism	11	[18.97%]
anarchism	6	[10.34%]
monarchies	1	[1.72%]
aristocracies	2	[3.45%]
social contracts	2	[3.45%]
mercantilists	1	[1.72%]
tyrannies	3	[5.17%]
other	7	[12.07%]
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