Today, we discussed Democracy, but not just in America, but also in Egypt for some strange reason. FYI, Links are GreenText.
Anyway, we all discussed how Democracy does and sometimes doesn't work. Over the course of several people speaking, including myself, we came around to the conclusion that America is a republic trying to make other countries into democracies. Maybe, just maybe, we have a log in our collective eyes. Just a thought.
After going over everything about politics and how that relates to Athenian and American versions of Democracy, I realized that there was a major issue that no one was voicing. I tried to voice it, but we ran out of time, so I'll write it here.
The big problem with Democracy and Republics can be described with two words: Politicians Lie.
I'm willing to bet that the discussion would've gone far differently had someone stated that and opened the floor to discussion and civilized debate.
I will later post my thoughts on our reading homework, in the meantime, check this out!
Anyway, we all discussed how Democracy does and sometimes doesn't work. Over the course of several people speaking, including myself, we came around to the conclusion that America is a republic trying to make other countries into democracies. Maybe, just maybe, we have a log in our collective eyes. Just a thought.
After going over everything about politics and how that relates to Athenian and American versions of Democracy, I realized that there was a major issue that no one was voicing. I tried to voice it, but we ran out of time, so I'll write it here.
The big problem with Democracy and Republics can be described with two words: Politicians Lie.
I'm willing to bet that the discussion would've gone far differently had someone stated that and opened the floor to discussion and civilized debate.
I will later post my thoughts on our reading homework, in the meantime, check this out!
Henry,
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think we would bring Egypt into the conversation? Is there value in comparison? Does loking at something new help us to see what we thought we already knew?
To the point about politians' lies, for example. Is this something that our system expects, more or less so than in Egypt? How might popular American notions about this or our lack of participation in voting effect our response to what is going on in Egypt now?
LDL