All 3 Uses of
democracy
in
Fast Food Nation
- The hardy, independent farmers whom Thomas Jefferson considered the bedrock of American democracy are a truly vanishing breed.†
p. 8.9 *
- The early twentieth century had trusts, but it also had "trustbusters," progressive government officials who believed that concentrated economic power posed a grave threat to American democracy.†
p. 137.3
- Instead of symbolizing democracy and freedom, going west meant getting cheap labor.†
p. 155.8
Definition:
a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes