Message from @What Would Jack Conte Do?
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you have to say something like
"our democracy has limitations outlined by law" or whatever
and there's no specific name you can put on it other than maybe US democracy
The rule of law is supreme to all decisions, yes courts but also the legal system and other kinds of checks and balances.
It's should be all about personal liberty and freedom and allowing the people to be together or left alone by each other and/or the government.
ok
i agree
but when you say "US isn't democracy, it's a republic" it kind of gets people confused
You libtards are just disagreeing on what to call it
since it's innaccurate
yeah, we are
but gotta get those definitions just right
because fucking debates are gay like that
what can i say
debating isn't something cool kids do
unless you're in a private school
The good kinda gay
Democracy never shows up in the constitution or bill of rights.
I agree
the nerdy kind of gay
They made sure America was not and could not be a democracy.
but by modern parlance, there's different kinds of democracy
the oldest kind is direct democracy
athenian democracy
which you have to specifically cite so that people know what you mean
in the 18th century, most countries were monarchies, they only knew about ancient greek democracy, and the italian city states weren'
really democracies by modern definition either
but they were republics, so that's different - and in 18th century, they thought of it as different too
even so, the definition of democracy has stretched in modern times, and modern language understands it as such
you can't keep using old language
just because you're conservative
things change regardless
Democracy comes from latin.
Demos Kraten
=People To Rule
The rule of the people.
its a vague and ecompassing definition
like nation state
or govt
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