02-23-2024, 03:07 PM
(02-23-2024, 02:07 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Whoever he is, the jokes on him. We're not a pure democracy anyway, we're a Democratic Republic.
(02-23-2024, 02:17 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: So few know why, and how, there's a difference. If you watched it, did you get the impression he was being serious?
Even fewer know that democracy and republic actually mean the same thing and the idea that there is a difference is really just an invention of James Madison and is not really accurate. More appropriately, what we have would be called a representative democracy. Or, if you are a Dahl enthusiast, we could discuss the concepts of polyarchies.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
