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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:57 AM Original message |
Poll question: do most americans care that they live in a democracy? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Didn't you leave out a couple words...like "no longer"? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. This would be true if you could no longer say so |
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That Is Quite Enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. I truly believe that most Americans do not care that they live in a Democracy... |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. So long as they don't have to make any personal sacrifices. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. maybe that will be the only way when it gets personal |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. Most Americans don't give a shit about anything that is beyond their own sphere |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. ... I really don't think most people understand what it means ... |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. I can't really decide. I mean I doubt if someone came out and openly |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. Most Americans don't care about anything except life within their own little bubble. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. that is total ignorance or maybe willful ignorance. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. I thought we were a constitutional republic? |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Yep |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. i asked this question because... |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I believe that very few care much about politics/government. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. they'd have to know what it is first. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Exactly! |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. we don't and they don't care that we don't. nt. |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Most people don't give a shit about much other than themselves. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. It is sometimes surprising but you can find one who acts |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. Absolutely not. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Do most Americans care that they live in an oligarchy? |
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That Is Quite Enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Actually, I think America's closer to a Plutocracy. Or in the case of Bushco, a Kakistocracy. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. They don't realize they no longer live in the type of country |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. Another "Americans suck" thread. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. Is America a democracy anymore?(nm) |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. TV & alcohol, you forgot alcohol. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. What democracy? Where have you been for the last six years? |
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