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Who believes we live in a democracy?

Posted on 8/15/22 at 8:44 pm
Posted by beulahland
Little D'arbonne
Member since Jan 2013
3579 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 8:44 pm
Please explain your reasoning for this belief.

Posted by 10thyrsr
Texas
Member since Oct 2020
360 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 8:46 pm to
I don't think anyone does. Is this a gotcha question? We are a Republic, which the federal government loves to forget.
Posted by Mfdtiger
Deatsville, Alabama
Member since Oct 2010
730 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 8:47 pm to
We don’t it’s a constitutional republic.
Posted by beulahland
Little D'arbonne
Member since Jan 2013
3579 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 8:49 pm to
Perhaps some one will realize the error of their ways.

I merely tire of muh democracy this and muh democracy that.
Posted by mwlewis
JeffCo
Member since Nov 2010
21222 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 8:49 pm to
You should have paid attention during civics in high schools.
Posted by 10thyrsr
Texas
Member since Oct 2020
360 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 8:52 pm to
Not sure civics is still taught in schools. My high school senior hasn't taken it. Luckily her Dad talks with her about the failings of government daily.
Posted by beulahland
Little D'arbonne
Member since Jan 2013
3579 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 8:52 pm to
Straight A's in civics, young Trooper.
Back when civics was taught.

Just axin a question.
Posted by bishop
Maiden, North Carolina
Member since Jun 2004
2371 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 8:53 pm to
We are a republic with power of the people and our elected representatives.
Posted by Viator106
Downtown Broussard, La.
Member since May 2020
315 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:05 pm to
The left conveniently forgets that we are a constitutional republic in order to further their agenda via mobb rule...AKA democracy
This post was edited on 8/15/22 at 9:07 pm
Posted by burger bearcat
Member since Oct 2020
8867 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:10 pm to
The word "democracy" does not exist in the Constitution or any states Constitution for that matter.

But even if we were supposed to be the "muh democracy" the left screams about. We aren't even that either, we are closer to an oligarchy ran by an administrative state with the illusion of "democracy".
Posted by TigersnJeeps
FL Panhandle
Member since Jan 2021
1687 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:24 pm to
Victor Davis Hanson calls it a "radical democracy"

"Well, I don’t think we’re a republic anymore. I would say we're in a transition to a radical democracy, and by that I mean that what anybody wants to do on any given day, if they have power or the votes, they do it. So, we don’t respect immigration law. People in the administration want to get rid of it and make the border open, they do it. If you want to have a warrant for a particular FBI operation, you can find a judge and you do it. So what I’m getting at, Mark, is if you have an agenda and you feel you have elected power, you don’t respect any guardrails or prohibitions that constitutional republic set up to protect the abuse of power. So, on any given day, this administration can do what they want and that's how they operate. I mean, to use an ancient example, they want to kill Socrates on Monday, they do it and say it's legal.”

VDH

Posted by Srobi14
South Florida
Member since Aug 2014
3517 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:24 pm to
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We don’t it’s a constitutional republic


According to public school textbooks maybe but in reality it's a plutocracy.
Posted by Zarkinletch416
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Member since Jan 2020
8389 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:30 pm to
America was a Constitutional Republic Representative Form of Government. I have long believed we have moved away from that and slid into a quasi-Democratic-Socialist Union of States. Some states more, others less.

Clearly, the communists lurking in the shadows of this Biden administration have pushed the throttle full forward in their attempt to implement marxism. I can sense their commie mode of operation in this "RAID" of President Trump's residence.

Donald J. Trump and his legions of supporters are in the way.

They comin.

"Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime". - Lavrentiy Beria [head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police]
This post was edited on 8/15/22 at 9:48 pm
Posted by Champagne
Already Conquered USA.
Member since Oct 2007
48389 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 10:34 pm to
We live under the illegitimate rule of an Oligarchy that is controlled by the Globalist Radical Left.
Posted by dbbuilder79
Overton NV
Member since Dec 2010
4151 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:07 pm to
This reminds me of a commercial I saw when my kids were watching SpongeBob.

Someone went around the streets asking adults what kind of government we have. They all said democracy. It took a teenage girl to finally say it was republic.

Posted by TigerAttorney
Member since Nov 2017
3812 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:14 pm to
quote:

We don’t it’s a constitutional republic

Used to be*
Posted by GeauxldenGuy
Frierson
Member since Jan 2016
355 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:16 pm to
I’m beginning to think we live in a democracy because democrats keep telling me everyone I agree with is a threat to it.
Posted by YankeeBama
Milwaukee
Member since Sep 2017
4741 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:46 pm to
Plutocracy that conspires to convince the general public that they have a choice.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:54 pm to
This guy;

Tigers0918
Posted by Tigers0918
Member since Feb 2020
1293 posts
Posted on 8/16/22 at 12:05 am to
Hah, see my name come up here. Funny how people can't understand democracy is an umbrella term and our system falls under a segment of it. As I've said, we are not a straight democracy, but we are a type of democracy.

I'm don't think a single country exists that is a pure democracy.
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