The Price of Liberty
by Lady Liberty

Americans have a thing for democracy. Some Americans, in fact, claim to love it so much that they want to make it our primary export. Even those who aren't particularly fond of the idea of a war in Iraq are behind the notion that we're bringing democracy to the beleaguered Iraqi citizens. Those Americans who feel that way are those, however, who don't really understand democracy much at all. There's a saying that goes, 'Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.' The more educated American will point out that we don't live in a true democracy, but rather in a democratic republic, or representative democracy. They apparently don't know the corollary of that old saying which states, 'Representative democracy is when the flock elects a wolf to decide what's for dinner'...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp