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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 46,524
    brianlux wrote:
    aerial wrote:

    America is not a Democracy it is a Republic...

    Democracy: A form of government in which people choose leaders by voting.

    Republic: A country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen.

    ;)

    so what you are saying then Brian , is we are a democratic republic?

    Well fuck me running. its all about the vote then huh? :fp:
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  • aerial
    aerial Posts: 2,319
    And this is why America is doomed...the uneducated ..
    “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,764
    aerial wrote:
    And this is why America is doomed...the uneducated ..

    And all this time I thought it was poor grammar.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,220
    mickeyrat wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    aerial wrote:

    America is not a Democracy it is a Republic...

    Democracy: A form of government in which people choose leaders by voting.

    Republic: A country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen.

    ;)

    so what you are saying then Brian , is we are a democratic republic?

    Well fuck me running. its all about the vote then huh? :fp:

    Actually, I'm not sure what we are.
    Leaders chosen by voting? Let's see, Gore won the popular vote so... no.
    Elected leader rather then a king or queen. Hmm. A little closer but the choices we often must make while voting... mmm. Well, not quite it there. Sometimes I think a queen might be kind of cool- male or female- something different anyway. A King would be ok as long as a) no real power and b) a good blues player.
    So what exactly are we? Fucked, maybe? Oh, I hope not.
    But I keep voting anyway just to keep in practice and, to be honest, I've been ok with the outcome now and then. :)
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Kings & queens are automatically seated, no?

    (aside from the modern-day genderification)

    Is electing different from voting?

    Maybe I'm naive or missing something, but per the definitions and responses posted here, a republic and democracy don't sound all that different less a few semantics.

    ("and to the republic, for which it stands" - said I as a kid, hand over heart [but actually a few inches over]).
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,220
    hedonist wrote:
    Kings & queens are automatically seated, no?

    (aside from the modern-day genderification)

    Is electing different from voting?

    Maybe I'm naive or missing something, but per the definitions and responses posted here, a republic and democracy don't sound all that different less a few semantics.

    ("and to the republic, for which it stands" - said I as a kid, hand over heart [but actually a few inches over]).

    The best definition I can find is here:

    http://www.diffen.com/difference/Democracy_vs_Republic

    The key difference between a democracy and a republic lies in the limits placed on government by the law, which has implications on minority rights. Both forms of government tend to use a representational system where citizens vote to elect politicians to represent their interests and form the government. However, in a republic, a constitution or charter of rights protects certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government, even if it has been elected by a majority of voters. In a "pure" democracy, the majority is not restrained and can impose its will on the minority.

    The various forms of government can be briefly summarized as:

    Monarchy or dictatorship: Rule by one (a king or emperor)
    Oligarchy: Rule by a few
    Democracy: Rule by a majority
    Republic: Rule by law
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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