Originally posted by SpyFox_the_KMeson
Well, that doesn't suprise me too much. There's no shortage of American-born America haters in America. (How many times can you use America in a sentence? 
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But you seriously don't think America is democratic? I find that surprising. What do you think it is then? Socialist? Fascist? Communist? Well, I'll grant that America is part socialist, it was founded that way, but only a little bit. And hey, I for the record I am against the censorship laws. I don't believe in censorship.
So I take it from your arguments that you are isolationist, Trans-global?
LoL. Yeah, but most criticise not foreign policy, violations of signed treaties/international laws, and the nonsensical teachings of how the US is a democracy (see, i think that Democracy is good. dont get me wrong there. but the US isnt a democracy...), but rather on internal affairs, such as the corruptness of Bush.
I don't THINK the US is a different type of state than a Democracy, I know it and am supported by the FBI, CIA, State Department, the UN, and most major almanacs published inside and outside of the US. Maybe you've heard mostly of socialism, fascism, and communism because the government has preached their "evils" (fascism, i must say, is pretty evil unless the dictator actually has the people in mind. a rare, 1-in-a-million, dr. king-type person. bush would probably do all sorts of dumb stuff like making pretzels the official snacks of all team sports, mandating that each citizen must watch at least 1 hour of sports a day, etc etc). However, there are many OTHER types of governments, many of which are implemented by quite a large number of countries.
REPUBLIC-- not totally sure, but this seems to be a general label for hybrid and bipartisan (or multiparty) countries in which the government type is part of each major party.
FEDERALIST REPUBLIC-- UNequal representitives of at least political denominations to vote for each thing. Usually, these representatives are chosen by another branch of government, and in a few there are systems to make it either seem like it is really a democracy or to come closer to equal representation. Generally seen as between a democracy and a monarchy.
DEMOCRACY-- generally regarded by capitalists as the ideal government type. There is equal representation for each political denomination (often in other things as well, for example if there are harsh disagreements between religions in a country, the representatives may be equal to the population in religion as well, but political preference is usually priority). A democracy isn't nessecarily a free country, however. There may be many laws limiting freedoms (generally laws that violate the general right to the pursuit of happiness, ie not allowing people to smoke weed whenever they want, not allowing suicide or mercy killings, not allowing the consumption of drugs such as heroin, cocaine, various narcotics, stimulants, etc). However, a democracy built on the backbone ideal that everybody has the ultimate right to the pursuit of happiness (as long as they don't infringe on that right of others. yes, this does make saying "fuck" over the airwaves ok, as this may hinder somebody's happiness, but not their right to the pursuit of it. they can change the station or power off the radio if this so concerns them. smokers don't infringe on that right, you can wear a mask if you want. making them stop because of 2nd hand smoke is a crime, if you don't want the smoke, go ahead and mask up. also, pollution can be solved by those who dont like it-- air filters, greenery, etc.) There would be regularly held elections for new parliamentary members to represent portions of the population (for example, if there are 51% republicans and 49% democrats, then there would be a set amount of seats for each-- 51% of the seats in parliament would go to republicans, 49% to democrats. however, republicans and democrats would be able to vote on these. it is also generally agreed that the representatives should be equally voted on by districts based on either population or area) Also, there is the style of democracy where each person votes for everything that a parliament would vote for, yet this is better for very very very small countries than for large countries.
OK, now the Palestine-Israel arguement--
Why is it that Arab actions and organizations to the same degree and nature and extent of Pro-Israel/Jewish actions/organizations are frowned upon, and generally thought of as nasty/evil/horrible/unthinkable/why-does-israel-let-them-do-that, while it's fine if the Israel org does the same thing?
For example: IRAN sends weapons to Palestine, US sends weapons to Israel. IRANIAN weapons transfer is seen as immoral, evil, and not-ok, while US weapons transfer is totally ok.
In the US, propaganda organisations pushing Arab ideals are seen by the government as terrorist organisations, and by the general population as not-ok organisations that aren't worthy of the good name of not-for-profit orgs. However, pro-Israel ones are allowed-- FLAME (the so-called FACTS and LOGIC ABOUT the MIDDLE EAST, apparently proper to capitalise it) is a propaganda centre that actually claims to stomp out propaganda. But if one looks at their material, if he is not vulnerable he will realise that this is in fact propaganda. All the material here is pro-Israel, presented totally from only one side. While one may argue this is the same way much of the US media is presented, the US media isn't this blatantly pro-Israel anti-Arab.
I stumbled upon an Arabic-language book a while back about a short verse in the Quu'ran that talks of the defeat of an ultimate enemy to Islam-- one that invades holy lands/Islamic lands-- will be defeated forever in the year 2027 AD (by the Roman calendar, at least. I don't remember the date for sure, but I think it was in the 2020s, the late 2020s to be exact). Interesting, eh?
Also, on the Dar Al-harb/Dar Al-Islam thing, that's not what it is supposed to mean. Dar Al-harb means the land at war with itself-- from a religious viewpoint, this makes much sense. Dar Al-Islam is the Islamic land-- the land that is at peace with itself.
