democracy versus nationalism
Homepage > Sixth Sense > October 2000 > Does Democracy Work?DOES DEMOCRACY WORK? ... They chose to name it after the Greek for "the people", demos and "to rule", kratein which when combined formed democracy. The dictionary definition of democracy is "government by all the people, direct or representative". ... Democracy as an ideal has changed little in the past couple of centuries. ... Despite being the best system of rule at the moment for Britain (democracy does not work that well in all countries), democracy is by no means perfect. ... This in itself is fine, I mean that is what a democracy is for.