Democracy or Republic?????

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“The United States is a republic, not a democracy.” This is one of those oft-repeated expressions that one hears in civil discourse whose meaning nevertheless remains somewhat fuzzy.

After all, the word “republic” — deriving from the Latin phrase res publica, or “the people’s concern” — suggests a measure of popular involvement in government. And the authors of the Constitution were radically republican, at least for their age, believing that the only legitimate form of government was one in which public authority derived entirely from the people.

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These ideas surely have some overlap with the notion of democracy, which is perhaps evident on a quick comparison of the United States and the British system of government. The sovereignty of Great Britain’s House of Commons seems much more democratic than our complicated array of competing power centers, yet at the same time, the English have a hereditary monarch who has the prestige to influence public opinion in ways that no citizen of our nation can. So, really, who is more republican? Who is more democratic? Is there truly a difference?

I think there is a difference between democracy and republicanism, although it is easily overlooked. Our system is republican in that the Founders understood that the public is the only legitimate sovereign of government. But it is not wholly democratic, in that they feared the abuse of that authority by the people and designed an instrument of government intended to keep temporary, imprudent, and intemperate outbursts of public opinion from dominating the body politic.
 
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What is the U.S.


“The United States is a republic, not a democracy.” This is one of those oft-repeated expressions that one hears in civil discourse whose meaning nevertheless remains somewhat fuzzy.

After all, the word “republic” — deriving from the Latin phrase res publica, or “the people’s concern” — suggests a measure of popular involvement in government. And the authors of the Constitution were radically republican, at least for their age, believing that the only legitimate form of government was one in which public authority derived entirely from the people.

img-foundingfathers_103822639412-e1475689705442.jpg


These ideas surely have some overlap with the notion of democracy, which is perhaps evident on a quick comparison of the United States and the British system of government. The sovereignty of Great Britain’s House of Commons seems much more democratic than our complicated array of competing power centers, yet at the same time, the English have a hereditary monarch who has the prestige to influence public opinion in ways that no citizen of our nation can. So, really, who is more republican? Who is more democratic? Is there truly a difference?

I think there is a difference between democracy and republicanism, although it is easily overlooked. Our system is republican in that the Founders understood that the public is the only legitimate sovereign of government. But it is not wholly democratic, in that they feared the abuse of that authority by the people and designed an instrument of government intended to keep temporary, imprudent, and intemperate outbursts of public opinion from dominating the body politic.
Ok. Let's take away your right to vote. Would it be a republican or democracy then? Youre quick to plagiarise what a republican is etc but deliberately avoid explaining what a democracy is. ignorant or convenient?

The fact remains, call it what you like, who cares, but while ever you have a right to vote, its a democracy.

Reply with some silly petulant rant aligned with ignorant beliefs of most Americans.
Keep in mind you supported Trump who tried to install fascism but now argue about the type of democracy the usa is.

You simply don't think before you post.
 
Ok. Let's take away your right to vote. Would it be a republican or democracy then? Youre quick to plagiarise what a republican is etc but deliberately avoid explaining what a democracy is. ignorant or convenient?

The fact remains, call it what you like, who cares, but while ever you have a right to vote, its a democracy.

Reply with some silly petulant rant aligned with ignorant beliefs of most Americans.
Keep in mind you supported Trump who tried to install fascism but now argue about the type of democracy the usa is.

You simply don't think before you post.
YOUR NOT EVEN AMERICAN B ORIS SO SHUT UP AND GO BACK TO SLEEP
 
YOUR NOT EVEN AMERICAN B ORIS SO SHUT UP AND GO BACK TO SLEEP
Really? Thats something else you don't know.
That aside, you don't know the difference either. Reared on a steady diet of ignorance and propaganda.
Do you know in 2019 59% of Americans had never read the constitution. Says it all about really. Did you read about impeachment yet?
 
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