re: Stop acting like we’re not a democracy, we’re a republic. We’re both.

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The didactic method concerning facts of history, social changes, economic development, and basic principles of our Government will be used without discussion and without argument, special emphasis being given to the fact that the United States is a Republic, not a democracy

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The American philosophy of government emphasizes that —
(7)' The Government of the United States is not a democracy but a Republic.

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Madison, in the Federalist, emphasized the fact that this government was a republic and not a democracy, the Constitution makers having considered both an autocracy and a democracy as undesirable forms of government while " a republic promises the cure for which we are seeking."

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Democracy: A government of the masses.
Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of " direct " expression.
Results in mobocracy.
Attitude toward property is communistic — negating property rights.
Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate; whether it be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences.
Results in demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.

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1928 US Army Training Manual
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I get lost frequently when people I otherwise respect and think are intelligent dig in behind a talking point that is fully detached from reality. This is one of those talking points.

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It's a real NPC display.

We are a:

Constitutional
Federal
Democratic
Republic

Our system involves all of those factors.

A republic is a form of democracy but a democracy is not a republic.

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A republic is a form of democracy

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Not necessarily.

Take it up with Founders. They specifically stressed it was not a democracy, and like the (lowercase r) republicans of antiquity considered democracy a bad form of government. They thought the distinction was very important.

if you understand democracy is simply and purely shadow oligarchy, the oligarchs control the media and message, controlling the masses and thereby the government, it's easy to understand why they very much have a vested, nefarious interest in intentionally altering our terminology and understanding of what our government is

We are a republic because of our constitution. We are not to be governed on the whims of someone different every four years.


You democrats hate the electoral college and the constitution.


That’s the only reason this shite gets brought up.



The pledge of allegiance is to the flag and the republic. The argument against the pledge is based on us being a constitutional republic with the right to dissent and forcing students to recite the pledge is against the first amendment.


So it’s funny that the left used we are a constitutional republic on why you shouldn't have to recite the pledge of allegiance in school. That under God part gets them in a tizzy.

And altering the perception of "democracy" referring to our government as purely a democracy has resulted in this. People want more direct democracy, they want to get rid of the electoral college. They think democracy is good, more democracy is better. That's why the distinction is very important. Of course "they" understand that.

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And altering the perception of "democracy" referring to our government as purely a democracy has resulted in this.

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This is what Democrats are doing. Their goal is a social democracy, where the lowest IQ among us decide issues. The Vanguard always keeps that from happening though.