Statements About Democracy

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Please say how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.

~ Middle of the road democracy includes social, economic, and political equality.

~ Democratic equality is sustained by elements such as excellent education, skill at dialogue, a high level of courtesy and respect among the people.

~ Democracy is ancient bur must be renewed daily.

~ The Roman Republic may have been farther removed from democracy that ours.

~ The Cossack republics of the Ukrain may have been closer to democracy than ours.

~ There have been leaderless groups of, say, 50 or fewer who practice an equitable and effective democracy.

~ There are many kinds of democracy.


What is your favorite kind of democracy? Check Wikipedia or another source for a menu of available democracies.

Elemental

Modern farming includes 'economic' fertilizing.
The usual method of fertilizing is to supplement the soil with 3, 4, 5, 6, elements, or less.
Most plants and people thrive on 30, 40, 50, 60, elements or more.
The soil is impoverished. How many factory farmers add even basic elements such as iron much less important trace elements.
Even with genetic engineering and evolutionary trends, crops and people aren't well nourished.
If it is not in the soil peaches and spinach don't have what it takes.
Romans fed the legions on Egyptian wheat because they learned that it had the power to run their army.
The ancients knew that the quality of their food supply was a matter of national security.