Difference between revisions of "Lesson:Is America really a democracy?/ExerciseD1"
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BS: and I am a reporter and anchor of WXIX TV in Cincinnati. I am also { host _4 } and producer of reality check. | BS: and I am a reporter and anchor of WXIX TV in Cincinnati. I am also { host _4 } and producer of reality check. | ||
- and I was trying to figure out what he meant, so we started talking about { ancient _8 } Greece. | - and I was trying to figure out what he meant, so we started talking about { ancient _8 } Greece. | ||
− | BS: Ancient Greece was a democracy, the people had the { ultimate _8 } say. So, for instance, in the case of the { health care law _15 }, instead of having law makers who would draft a { bill _4 }, vote on the bill, and then let the people know what the decision was. They would write a bill, a health care bill, and then all the people would go to the { polls _5 } and the people would vote and if the { majority _8 } of the people said -- we like the health care law -- it would become law. And if the majority of people said -- we don’t like it -- then it wouldn't become law. Everything would be base { upon _4 } majority { rules _5 }. But when the { founders _8 } created our { constitution | + | BS: Ancient Greece was a democracy, the people had the { ultimate _8 } say. So, for instance, in the case of the { health care law _15 }, instead of having law makers who would draft a { bill _4 }, vote on the bill, and then let the people know what the decision was. They would write a bill, a health care bill, and then all the people would go to the { polls _5 } and the people would vote and if the { majority _8 } of the people said -- we like the health care law -- it would become law. And if the majority of people said -- we don’t like it -- then it wouldn't become law. Everything would be base { upon _4 } majority { rules _5 }. But when the { founders _8 } created our { constitution _12 } and our bill of rights they { established _11 } a form of government and they actually determined that a democracy was the worst form of government. |
- Ah, the worst form of government? | - Ah, the worst form of government? | ||
BS: Many of the founders said that a democracy was nothing more than { mob rule _8 } and so they were against democracy and instead { felt _4 } the correct form of government for this free nation was a republic. | BS: Many of the founders said that a democracy was nothing more than { mob rule _8 } and so they were against democracy and instead { felt _4 } the correct form of government for this free nation was a republic. |
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