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Posted by Lance Winslow 
If a society has become innately socialistic in their leanings is it safe to rest the future of that nation in the hands of the people? Some would say yes, that is what Democracy is. Actually that is what a pure Democracy is. Unfortunately pure democracies turn socialistic and socialism can destroy a once productive nation, as the citizens continue to vote for freebies from their government, until it can no longer keep up.
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Posted by Tony Macaroni
Historys great promoters of democracy, whether they be Ancient Greek philosophers, American or French Revolutionaries, Communists, or English Parliamentarians, have in every case meant that everybody in a society should be able to take part in decision-making of the body politic. But how far has this ideal been realised? And is it time that we can take it further?
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Posted by Susan Klopfer
Once the J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant trial in Sumner, Mississippi ended for the murder of Emmett Till, less than a month later in the nearby small cotton town of Glendora, a black service station attendant and father of four children was killed by a friend of Milams.
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Posted by Michael Bresciani
The idea that the majority shows the will of the people is a pretty good fix for now but it is not without its faults and weaknesses. That everyone decides to do something with one will is not now nor has ever been the promise of a perfect decision, direction or choice of any kind.
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Posted by Lance Winslow
We see today a fierce unspoken competition between trucks and trains. It is well known in those industries...
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Posted by Helen Shelestiuk
The problems touched upon in this article concern the logic of the development of socialism, the crisis of the Soviet society in the former USSR, the estimation of the developed socialism in the 1970s-1980s and Gorbachevs perestroika, the problem of Stalinism.
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Posted by Andrea Stephenson
Starting in 2007, local elections in Scotland will be held for the first time under the single transferable vote (STV) system.
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Posted by Andrea Stephenson
For several years the Liberal Democrats have been calling for proportional representation in the British parliament. As Britains third largest party they would have the most to gain, leaving people to ask whether first past the post is really the fairest voting system?
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