So, you aren’t actually arguing that a republic is not a democracy?
I’m not arguing anything. You’re the one who made the assertion about “republic” and “democracy” being identical.
As far as the terms can self define, “republic” (res publica) refers to the people being represented with inbuilt checks and balances on power and “democracy” (demokratia) refers to people wielding political power in whatever form they please; this latter implies tyranny of the majority.
The C. S. Lewis quote in post #7 refers to the fact that the word “Democracy” has many meanings, thus making it a convenient word for demons to use to manipulate average people.
This is why the Left prefer to use the word “Democracy.”
This is the reason why John Adams said, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
And this boy and girls is why we seeing the collapse of many of the blue states and cities into anarchy, such as California and Los Angeles..