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"Representative" vs "Real" Democracy

"Representative" vs "Real" Democracy

Is America embracing Castroism? If so, what will follow?

Jun 22, 2021
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We take for granted that America is a democracy. If we live here, we tend to assume it is the democracy. But ours is actually an example of a particular type of democracy — a representative democracy. Other types of democracy exist. It is worthwhile to compare the America theory of representative democracy with the Cuban theory of “real” democracy. By b…

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