Posted on 07/13/2024 9:42:31 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
Well, he’s just wrong about that. The word democracy may not be in Constitution, but it explicitly calls for elections. Where do you see in the Constitution that the United States was meant to be a monarchy?
Monarchy?
“A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.”
I didn’t know you were retarded Nick.
I mean I suspected but never cared enough to respond.
Anyone with any self worth will steer clear of you.
Every wonder why you have lousy friends?
I’ll show you the dictionary. Democracy is a form of government where people vote on things. Very rarely. Does everybody vote on every issue. I can’t think of a single country that does that. Can you? People have some form of representative democracy which are representative Republic is a type of.
As to the topic at hand, although we practice democracy in much of what we do, we're not technically a democracy; rather, we're sort of a "controlled democracy", carefully and deliberately designed by the Founders to pull the reins in on mob rule by a simple majority. It is irresponsible -- if not a little foolish -- to dismiss this essential diffence in both meaning and application by dismissing it as a "nuance".
My point here is that those who call attention to the distinction between "democracy" and "representative republic" are not "dummies". Far from it. They are merely demonstrating their superior knowledge of the country's founding and of the wisdom of the Founders.
Cheers!
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