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Democracy is literally defined as rule by the people. In order for a government to be considered democratic, its decisions must reflect the "true interests" of the people.

Democracy is a word used to describe three political systems that have been used in modern society. These governments, although with different methods, did try to insure democracy. They are democratic centralism, direct democracy, and representative democracy.

Democratic centralism is a democracy system where the true interests of the masses were met without citizen input. When you truly research democratic centralism, you wonder why anyone would consider it remotely democratic. However, many authoritarian regimes have used democratic centralism to claim that they government was democratic. Take for example the now deceased Soviet Union. The presidents of the Soviet Union claimed that they found the interests of the public masses by round table discussion and that they did not require citizen input. Many the blame the fall of the Soviet Union due to democratic centralism because, by excluding citizens, they did not find the interests of the masses. However, problems have arisen from including a surplus of mass influence as well. This is called direct democracy.

Direct democracy is a type of government system where the people have complete control over how their concerns are met. The people vote for everything concern or interests they have, without being disrupted by a higher authority. Although this type of democracy worked very well in ancient Greece and New England, it has its drawbacks. The main drawback was ignorance. In order to receive the benefits