Funny because I care about all those issues except abortion. I'm never going to have to decide whether to have an abortion or not.
It is an adjective meaning "of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic." It has nothing to do with the Republican party which wasn't founded for almost a century after that quote was made.
The popular vote does not mean democracy. It isn't about voting. Internet polls have voting. Some reality TV shows have voting. Plenty of non-democratic governments have voting including the United States which has three branches of government, one branch (legislative) of which is subject to democracy, and another branch (executive) which is arguably pseudo-democratic. Your observation of the electoral college more often than not, but not always, choosing the same winner does drive the point home that it really doesn't matter if the popular vote is the same or different because in our system the demos (people) do not actually have the kratos (power). There is a superseding structure of power which is what makes our system of government small 'r' republican.
So you think we are a democracy then. Because whatever we are created trump.
And again, if this is true then why didn't he just use the word democracy? That would be super easy to do.
Because Alexander Hamilton. He could have said "democracy dangerous, yo" but instead we got "those who sit astride the hobby horse of popularity are ever without Catalines and Cæsars". Maybe Hamilton was concerned the general populace didn't know the difference between a republic and a democracy so using words they didn't understand wouldn't help his argument. Hamilton was so fearful of democracy that he wanted the US Senators and US President to be lifetime appointments like our Supreme Court Justices are.
"Hamilton served as one of New York’s delegates to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, and proposed that senators and the executive serve for life, and that the executive have an absolute veto. Although his proposals were not fully adopted, Hamilton passionately campaigned for the Constitution."
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury. He was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system.www.mountvernon.org
Like trump did (and is still doing)?
You mean the guy who is not in office because of the safeguards provided by the structures the founders put in place a quarter millennia ago? Yes, those structures were put in place for the preservation of liberties against people like Trump. They aren't perfect but they have worked better than any other system in modern history.
Did he or did he not get elected? A yes or no answer is all that is needed to answer this question btw.
Sure Trump got elected, but so did Hitler. The difference is in the US system, Trump was constrained by two other co-equal branches, and a system responsible for the change of power at the conclusion of his term that Trump couldn't corrupt. Meanwhile in pre-war Germany, Hitler won election and used his ability to play to the crowd to do away with any constraints or system to replace him. In a nutshell, that is the difference between a democracy and a republic. In a democracy, those having popular opinion on their side can do anything. In a republic, even those having popular opinion on their side are still constrained by superseding structures. Democracy isn't about voting. Democracy is about what having popular support will allow you to do.
Democracy is about voting though. I know you like to change definitions of words. When you google "what is the definition of democracy?" two words consistently always appear. The words "vote" and "elect(ed)"
How do you vote and elect people if debates and elections don't happen? For the sake of democracy we must circumvent democracy.
uh- the biden administration and all things politics. Welcome to the board.
I will be ready to discuss something specific when you are ready to specify what you want to discuss. I'm cool if you don't though as well.
ok- how do you feel about the Biden administration refusing to have debates and disenfranchising millions of democrats who want to vote for another candidate besides Joe Biden?
I think we should use democracy way more than we currently do.
I ask MAGA cultists that all the time. They’re so deep into their trump worship, paranoid conspiracies, and media spin zones that it’s like they speak a foreign language completely different than most of America.
It's typical power politics. Last I checked, the Democratic Party was a private entity that made its own rues.
That the Florida Democratic Party just saved the state a bunch of money.
Ya its an extremely powerful political party that has lots of constituents that it isn't listening to or allowing them the opportunity to participate in democracy- no biggie.
