The difference between a democracy and a constutional republic

Instagram.com ^ | 11/2/25 | Aaron Russo

[MinorityRepublican]

The keyword isn’t Democracy. The key word of OUR. The left doesn’t believe in Democracy. It’s just a word to them. They believe in their utopian leftist collective, hence the entire focus is on the work OUR.

They view the results of the 2024 election as "illegitimate" because they did not win.

They are only in favor of "democracy" when they win.

[PeterPrinciple]

>> Well said,

Repeat LOUD and OFTEN............................ <<

Thanks.

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I sincerely mean what I wrote. I remember attending an advertising class once and the main take away was that it took a large quantity of exposure for people to finally hear the message. You don’t say something once and expect people to respond.

I finally understood the purpose of God’s repetition in the Bible.

[GJones2]

>> “People” could hardly be more prominent that. [GJones2] <<

I meant

“People” could hardly be more prominent than that.

I feel compelled to write fast because I realize that while I’m writing a long response, most of the readers are moving on to another thread. :-)

[equaviator]

"You don’t say something once and expect people to respond."

Trump knows it and we know it...like never before!

[GJones2]

Another correction:

...to distinguish a government by a group of prominent men from monarchical by a single ruler.

I meant

...to distinguish a government by a group of prominent men from monarchical rule by a single ruler.

[x]

If monarchies like the UK, Sweden, Holland, and Spain are “democracies” it stands to reason that we are one as well and we have been for a while. Granted, we do have a constitution, but we do have a lot in common with those countries. We aren’t a pure, direct democracy, but they aren’t either. Call us a “democratic republic” or a “republic” if you like, but that doesn’t change anything.

The problem for all Western “democracies” now is that it becomes possible for elites to remain in power forever by pitting groups against each other and by rigging the system so that they are never called to account for their mistakes.

[Paal Gulli]

Republicanism, Constitutionalism and Democracy ARE NOT entirely mutually exclusive.

[Paal Gulli]

Fact check: Can a country be both a democracy and a republic at the same time?

Executive Summary

Yes — a country can be both a democracy and a republic at the same time: those terms describe different dimensions of political order and are commonly combined in modern constitutions where representative institutions operate under popular sovereignty and rule of law. Contemporary scholarship and encyclopedic summaries show that republican structures (representative rule, often with a head of state who is not monarch) frequently coexist with democratic practices (elections, majority rule, minority protections), yielding hybrid labels like “democratic republic” in practice and in country classifications.

https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/democracy-and-republic-difference-1fe1d4