A true democracy has characteristics that allow the people to truly rule.
Those include:
1. Individual liberties (First amendments - list some)
2. Majority rule with minority rights (Civil Rights - Japanese internment)
3. Free, fair, competitive, and frequent elections
Why are each of these important to Democracy?
Put another way...what happens when you remove one characteristic?
Democracy is more likely to succeed under the right conditions
Those include:
1. Active participation (becoming informed, voting, campaigns for office)
2. Free Enterprise (economy with strong middle class and opportunity)
3. Education (literacy and informed electorate)
4. Civil Society (groups that protect rights, inform, improve community)
Red Cross, Humane society, NRA
5. Social Consensus ( common values about government and limits)
Why are these conditions important?
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