Urban Dictionary: democracy

a term politicians may use in the event of an emergency.

reporter: "President bush why are americans going to war - oh I beg your pardon -I meant pre-emptive strike- with iraq if a 87% majority of american citizens do not condone the act?

bush: ..uh...um...democracy! yo mama! thats right, you heard me. democracy biatch.

by chris wango November 19, 2005

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democracy

Somthing one country does to another when it wants something.

America needed some stable oil reserves so it brought democracy to Iraq.

by GuestBob February 24, 2005

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Democracy

A failing system of government, which like communism works in principle but fails in practice.
ALL democracies end up serving the needs of rich interest groups and detach themselves from the populous. which inturn results in the majority of the people being governed by a minority.

The current UK and US governments are both cases where a minority vote has put a leader into power against the wishes of the majority.

by black flag June 06, 2004

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democracy

Mob rule.

Works in theory, fails in practice.

The government never really cares about the opinions of the people who support it anyway.

by AYB April 04, 2003

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Democracy

A form of government in which all citizens vote on issues that face the nation. The first true democracy was in the Greek isles. Though they where a strong nation they where easily defeated by the Romen empire because they where spread apart and information traveled slowly.
A true democracy couldnt work in the past because of the slow travel of information, but in the present day the internet could be used.

PLEASE NOTE: The United States Of America is not a Democracy, it is a Republic.

Ancient Greece was a Democracy.

The United States is not a Democracy, it is a Republic like ancient Rome.

by Ice Cold Anarchy January 19, 2006