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A 4 page paper examining the question, “Is the U.S. a well functioning democracy or is it in fact an oligarchy?” Likely all Americans feels governed by the few from time to time, but in fact America possesses a pluralist democracy. The paper supports this position with examples of crisis and how the US Constitution has had many opportunities to fail the country in the past, without ever having done so. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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whine and complain about the most meaningless issues, many barely bat an eye when an obscure judge declares the Pledge of Allegiance to be unconstitutional. Particularly during election years,
liberals and conservatives trade barbs, each trying to convince the greatest number of people to vote for their preferred candidates. The president is able to commit troops to a
Mideast sandbox without seeking the approval of the people; one of his predecessors sought to take the principles of technology transfer to heart in giving developing (and hot-tempered) countries nuclear
capability. The purpose here is to examine the question, "Is the U.S. a well functioning democracy or is it in fact an oligarchy?" The Answer and Supporting Evidence
Despite - or perhaps because of - our problems, the US most definitely is a well-functioning democracy. Evidence can be found in a
variety of areas. When John Kennedy was killed in the early 1960s, response to the crisis proceeded exactly as prescribed in the Constitution. There was no attempt at
military takeover, there was no breakdown of processes in any area aside from the office of the President. When Bill Clinton was found to have defiled the office, the
fault was seen to be a personal failing, rather than a condemnation of the US system of government. When terrorists attacked on September
11, 2001, the entire country gasped and then virtually mobilized as the initial shock began to wear off. The national reaction to that attack bore many similarities to the
nations reaction to the attack 60 years before at Pearl Harbor. However, President George W. Bush announced shortly after 9/11 that US troops
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