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In school, do you recall a distinction being made between a democracy and a constitutional democracy as forms of government?
I recall the constitution being discussed, and I recall a distinction being made and stressed between a monarchy and a constitutional monarchy, but I do not recall the same distinction being stressed between democracy and constitutional democracy.
It makes me wonder if the real significance of constitutional limitations on alternate forms of government has been glossed over in american education. Which further makes me wonder if it has been glossed over for a reason... and the one that immediately comes to mind as a possibility is the idea that constitutional communism could correct many of the problems western political theory insists are inherent and unavoidable in communist governments.
I'd dismiss this thought a lot more readily if it didn't seem to make so much sense, when compared with the treatment of the subject that I recall at all levels of my education.
I recall the constitution being discussed, and I recall a distinction being made and stressed between a monarchy and a constitutional monarchy, but I do not recall the same distinction being stressed between democracy and constitutional democracy.
It makes me wonder if the real significance of constitutional limitations on alternate forms of government has been glossed over in american education. Which further makes me wonder if it has been glossed over for a reason... and the one that immediately comes to mind as a possibility is the idea that constitutional communism could correct many of the problems western political theory insists are inherent and unavoidable in communist governments.
I'd dismiss this thought a lot more readily if it didn't seem to make so much sense, when compared with the treatment of the subject that I recall at all levels of my education.
