Many countries today claim to be democracies, but if the citizens are not involved in government and politics, they are democratic in name only. Some governments are more democratic than others, but systems cannot be considered truly democratic unless the meet certain criteria: Freedom of speech, press and religion. Democracies in general respect these Basic individual liberties. No government allows absolute freedom, but democracies do not heavily censor newspapers and public expression of opinions.

Question

Many countries today claim to be democracies, but if the citizens are not involved in government and politics, they are democratic in name only. Some governments are more democratic than others, but systems cannot be considered truly democratic unless the meet certain criteria: Freedom of speech, press and religion. Democracies in general respect these Basic individual liberties. No government allows absolute freedom, but democracies do not heavily censor newspapers and public expression of opinions.
Whats the most important idea of this paragraph?

GPT 3.5 · Answer

The most important idea of this paragraph is that for a country to be considered truly democratic, it must ensure certain criteria such as freedom of speech, press, and religion, and respect basic individual liberties.