Politics!!! Need abit of help

[Jono]

I never understood politics, so i created this topic so people can shine the light on what some political terms mean, such as democrat, rebublic wtf do they mean

I know communism means like you cant own anything or something lol someone help me out here  :hello:

[a;sdlfkjas;df]

Those are big broad terms with a variety of meanings (well, republic isn't, but I don't think that's the direction you're going).  You want to know what each of them means in relation to what?

You want to know about the republican and democratic parties of the United States, or what?

[lilmaniac]

from democract and republican (which i think u meant?) to communism is a big difference...also do u want to know for pleasure or for academic purposes

[Jono]

Umm i want to know so i can have a broader understanding about these topics, nothing to do with school though

I want to know like the basic defination of Democrat, republic, like political terms, capitalism, communism etc

Not just united states but diff places in the world, i already know what country is what

[a;sdlfkjas;df]

Of course you know which country is which, but a Democrat in the United States is not a Democrat in Australia. 

A Democrat, in the broadest sense of the term, is a proponent of Democracy. 

Republic varies, generally a system of government of "popular sovereignty" or rule by the people.

Capitalism and communism are economic systems.  The big deal is:  capitalism=primarily private rule; communism=primarily common rule.     

[Jono]

Whats democracy??

So a republic is where the people choose what happens, there is no one leader of that country, am i correct???

[a;sdlfkjas;df]

Not so much that.

http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/AmericanIdeal/aspects/demrep.html

[Jono]

ok thanks, il take a read now, and hopefully il understand more about politics etc

[Adi]

Haha, Wikipedia would be your best friend in this case. Give it a read or just wait until history or politics class in high school or college. Wait, that might be too late to learn those basic terms. Try and get familiar with them right now through Wikipedia.

[Jono]

yeah Adi i will check out wikipedia, ive been reading on that other site, seems to make sense, its a big read though  :bs: :biggrin: