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The myth of American democracy
Posted on 5/14/21 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 5/14/21 at 4:46 pm
I'm really tired of people saying the US is a democracy. "Democracy this, democracy that. Our democracy... A threat to democracy!" Our nation is a constitutional republic, damnit!
Article IV, Section IV of the U.S. Constitution:
U.S. Constitution
Article IV, Section IV of the U.S. Constitution:
quote:
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
U.S. Constitution
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Posted on 5/14/21 at 4:47 pm to JustAnAndroid
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shall protect each of them against Invasion
Well Texas is being invaded and the Fedgov isn't doing shite about it.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 4:48 pm to JustAnAndroid
What's also funny about that, is that people who love to say democracy also reject populism.
They're the same fricking thing.
They're the same fricking thing.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 4:53 pm to JustAnAndroid
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Our nation is a constitutional republic, damnit!
It's also a democracy.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 4:55 pm to JustAnAndroid
Of all the things the Filth is doing to our country that is not real high on my list of complaints.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 4:57 pm to JustAnAndroid
The truth is that it wasnt a problem back when people lived in 100 person "cities" where you would not have seen an outsider for months at a time. The place literally operating as a family for all needs.
And if there were a piece of shite that rolled in you simply killed them and dumped them into the nearest ditch.
It could still work with tweaks
And if there were a piece of shite that rolled in you simply killed them and dumped them into the nearest ditch.
It could still work with tweaks
Posted on 5/14/21 at 4:58 pm to JustAnAndroid
So you're tired of semantics? There's multiple definitions for the word democracy, and when someone refers to a country as being a democracy it isn't always a reference to the exact type of government. This is such an overblown issue that people like to complain about for a mysterious reason.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:14 pm to JustAnAndroid
It is both a republic and a democracy. The terms are not mutually exclusive.
It's not (always) direct democracy but by definition we have a democratic system.
It's not (always) direct democracy but by definition we have a democratic system.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:17 pm to JustAnAndroid
The left has spent the better part of 70 + years speaking of democracy from which upon is a mob rule lottery based metric that has little basis in our founding principles.
But yet they harp...
But yet they harp...
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:59 pm to JustAnAndroid
Technically its a representative republic.
However, there is no doubt we have very strong democratic traditions..
However, there is no doubt we have very strong democratic traditions..
Posted on 5/14/21 at 10:38 pm to JustAnAndroid
From whereever board you came from, return.
Posted on 5/15/21 at 9:57 am to JustAnAndroid
The word "democracy" does not appear in our constitution, and that's enough reason for me to understand why we aren't a democracy.
This applies to the 9th grade version of the constitution, and all subsequent grades.
This applies to the 9th grade version of the constitution, and all subsequent grades.
This post was edited on 5/15/21 at 9:59 am
Posted on 5/15/21 at 12:05 pm to JustAnAndroid
We’re a representative democracy and a republic. You’re making a silly distinction which has no substantive impact.
Posted on 5/17/21 at 8:59 am to JustAnAndroid
Why don't we just ask the dudes that created the country what they think -
"We are now forming a Republican form of government. Real liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. If we incline too much to democracy we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of a dictatorship."4 Hamilton, in the last letter he ever wrote, warned that "our real disease…is DEMOCRACY." - Alexander Hamilton
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!” After the Constitutional Convention was concluded, in 1787, a bystander inquired of Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?" Franklin replied, "A Republic, if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.” - John Adams
democracies “have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” - James Madison
"…pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands…"
And this short video should be required viewing for every school-age child in America, every single school year -
why America is a republic not a democracy
"We are now forming a Republican form of government. Real liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. If we incline too much to democracy we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of a dictatorship."4 Hamilton, in the last letter he ever wrote, warned that "our real disease…is DEMOCRACY." - Alexander Hamilton
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!” After the Constitutional Convention was concluded, in 1787, a bystander inquired of Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?" Franklin replied, "A Republic, if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.” - John Adams
democracies “have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” - James Madison
"…pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands…"
And this short video should be required viewing for every school-age child in America, every single school year -
why America is a republic not a democracy
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