America has ended. ( Archived) (100)

Lol. I will excuse your inability to read ahead and before shooting your mouth off. Why do some Americans have an obsession with thinking that everyone beyond their borders is a communist or a socialist and that the us is the 'last bastion of democracy' when it is not even a democracy?

I know. Like Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantine, Germany, Great Britain, Germany and numerous others through history, some still in existance and many not.

America is a young nation. Perhaps in another two centuries it will still be around. Perhaps not. In two centuries North America may be one nation with the US just another part of the history class.

The important thing is holiding onto the ideals that matter the most and preventing them from being eroded away.

Lol. Another person who did not read much of the thread before spouting. For the record, many nations send help to the US when needed. Every Summer the US requests for firefighters from around the world and dur the US winter sends firefighters elsewhere. It is a glorious tradition of mutual assistance that has been carried out for many years.

Secondly - many nations offered assistance during 911 in the form of fire/rescue/specialist crime forces. You had firefighters from as far away as Japan. So while Canada probably gave more help than others it was probably more because of the proximity of the two nations.

Lastly - The FAA has the right to order the planes to land and mutual agreements between aviation authorities around the world can result in governments having to open up airports even if they don't want to. It is international aviation law.

It is the same law that enables CASA in Australian and similar aviation authorities across Europe and in Russia to enforce all American airlines to make upgrades on their aircraft. International law overides national law in many circumstances.

You have a valid point - though it is just as valid an argument that a democracy cannot truly guage the opinion of the electorate if the electorate is only represented by 20 - 50%

This is why some democracies have mandatory voting to ensure a free society while others have volunteer voting to ensure a free society.

Yes I know that is a strange statement, however in reality that is the way it works around the world and in most cases it seems to work fine, though I prefer the mandatory voting system.

It is more likely that a nation that does not have mandatory voting is likely to fall into a dictatorship as all it needs is a angry vitriotic minority group to control the vote and sieze control.

This is a real threat in the US with the lower voter turnout in respect to the entire population.

It is harder for such extremist groups to gain power if the entire electorate is voting. In fact is is virtually impossible without the majority of the electorate becoming vitriotic in mind set which is unlikely.

No country owns the north pole. The borders of the five neighbouring countries do not extend that far.