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Are you being serious? No, we are not a democracy. Do you even know the difference between a democracy and a republic?
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Chocolate Lab
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A republic is a representative democracy, again semantics by demagogues, but since it fits your agenda...
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There is a huge difference, and you are either being obtuse or your truly don't know there is a huge difference.
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It's not semantics. It's a legitimate difference, and a major one.
I guess it's been tremendously confusing to AM as to why Hilary wasn't in the White House the last four years.
I guess it's been tremendously confusing to AM as to why Hilary wasn't in the White House the last four years.
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It is semantics because when someone speaks of democracy nowadays they never mean “pure democracy”, but the system by which a government is elected by popular vote. You know all this of/by/for the people business.
But by all means knock “y’all selfs” out with your being a non-democratic Republic and this hinging on the electoral college.
But by all means knock “y’all selfs” out with your being a non-democratic Republic and this hinging on the electoral college.
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Take your L and walk off.
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Oh dear, how will I go on. Please god take me now.
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Seconded.
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A true democracy is in essence a structure that in all circumstances the will of the majority of all the people determines how the government will be directed. A Republic is a system whereby people in designated areas select someone to represent them and give full authority to that individual.
Different States have given certain structured guidelines as to the way a selected individuals is to cast a ballot. The selected individual however may not be required to cast a ballot the way the popular vote results made If the state gave them full discretion to cast their vote. This is how the Presidential or National election system Is done.
Congress is made up of individuals who were elected by a specific area of the country and is elected and represented by the popular vote of that area.The Representatives presumably are expressing the preferences of the area they were elected to. The senate however has only 2 individuals per state who are supposed to represent the party they ran for in the election at the state level.
Democracies are totally driven by majority of people and Republics are a structure to allow Elected individuals to represent the ideology of a group or political party.
The USA is a republic structure by design and is utilized to place people in certain positions to carry out the presumed will of the people they are elected from.
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Exactly. Kinda like all of the riots in Seattle, Portland, DC, Washington State, etc.
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Yep.
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Actually most of the pieces of shit being arrested over the summer were school counselors and teachers.
Not the ones taking TVs, iPhones, and Jordan’s, but the ones actually arrested.
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Yep, yet another lie they repeat often enough for people to believe it as truth, even when they know better.
