Sunday, September 10, 2017

Our Country's Democracy

            Today in the United States, our government is ran as a democracy. A democracy is ran by the people, and in political science, there are many theories to democracy, such as Marxism where money equals power, Elitism where the government and military have the total power, Bureaucratic Elitism where bureaucrats are in control, and Pluralism, where the power of a democracy does not belong to one group, but dispersed to many.

            Out of all these theories, Pluralism best describes our country's democracy. There are so many groups that have many views that are diverse, and none of these groups have all the power in a democracy to trump over other groups. There are no elites and monopolies in a Pluralism democracy, because there are too many groups that have equal power. These groups will bargain and compromise just to get what they want.

BLM Protest
            Why is our country's democracy best described as pluralist? Groups in our country such as Black Lives Matter have so much power in the democracy because they have many followers. Black Lives Matter is a social activist group that brings attention to topics such as racism, police brutality against African-Americans. Using the followers that this group has gained, they can potentially cause changes to the laws and rights of our country regarding African-Americans by protesting in the streets until they get what they want.

            The LGBT community is yet another example of many of the groups in America. The LGBT community is consisted of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Due to how big the LGBT community is and how it has so many followers, it is able to change rights in the United States.

            Our country is also consisted of many races, the majority being white, but there are also many African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans in our population. These different races have different views on all sorts of things, such as the Presidential Election.

            The tragic event in Charlottesville is yet another prime example that our country's democracy is Pluralism. This event caused anti-racism groups and white supremacists fought with each other for what they wanted, which is a part of the theory of Pluralism. Some people are siding with the white supremacists, some people are siding with the anti-racism groups. This is why neither group can trump each other and gain more power than the other.

          Due to many social activist groups and the diversity in views and races in our country, not one group can stand on top of all the others. This is exactly why our country's democracy is, in theory, Pluralism.

          

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