Quote Originally Posted by Balu View Post
I think that you are mistaken. I as well as any of our citizens do have direct power. And this is our votes by which we DELEGATE our Right to rule our State. And according to principals of Democracy this is a will of Majority. We do not have a hereditary monarchy, as in 10 European countries and Japan. In Russia all bodies of the central government and local authorities are formed on a democratic basis through direct and secret elections.
In case anybody think it insufficient he or she is able to start own political career with the aim to participate in State bodies directly.
America isn't a "democracy," which loosely translates as "mob rule." America is a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.

And I think it is you who is mistaken, my Russian friend. Corruption abounds in just about every government on earth. They make rules/laws then break them, and those in power never seem to have to answer for breaking those laws, but if you or I try it, we're carted off to prison before we know what hit us.

That's just a simple fact. We see it all the time.