`New York is frequently portrayed as one of the most solidly Democratic, "blue" states in the country, along with places like California and Massachusetts. `

I can see why for schools.

Seeking a ‘Blue Wave,’ Democrats in New York See More of a Ripple
April 25, 2018
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/nyregion/special-elections-results-new-york.html

So i think AOC has just demonstrated her complete lack of knowledge on the American Political System https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1166502815717568512

both parties serve lobbyists, so she's right for the wrong reasons

I am talking about this part "Republicans are now arguing that the US isn’t (& shouldn’t be) a democracy."

well how often do you see chucklefucks on here say "the US isn't a democracy, its a republic"

Well there is an important difference

this is one argument she actually hasn't made up out of whole cloth

The Founders knew that a Pure Democracy was not a good idea

she's misinterpreting it in context, granted, but still

>Has been a Republic since its founding

Please tell me the Americans aren't stupid enough to fall for this?

No, what they fall for is treating both terms as mutually exclusive, or even contradictory

fucking embarrassing, if I'm honest

Its one reason I can't read more than a few pages of *'Unfreedom Of The Press'*

To be fair violet

everyone calls it a "democracy"

"our great democracy" etc

but yeah. representatives are necessary in a country with 300 million people and less informed masses

Mark Levin is so fucking hyper-partisan he uses 'republic' as a go-to synonym for literally every noun regarding the nation-state

There is an important difference though, They don't have the same meaning

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no, they don't have the same meaning, but try having a republic without voting.

"organichealthytips"?

A Pure Democracy is a Dictatorship of the mob

@BrandonChimaria (｡◕‿◕｡✿)

a "direct democracy" is the term you're looking for, and yes and no

democratic republic is the intended verbiage because **cough cough** you vote for **cough cough** your representatives **cough cough**

^

and then you hope your representatives weren't liars

A Constitutional Republic ensures representation without becoming a Dictatorship of the mob

Direct democracy + social media = Brain spasm

death by popular vote

the entire point of the senate existing

Also Pure Democracy is the correct term here because Democracy is supposed to mean rule of the people

is to prevent mob rule

"You killed the white man because he *may* have called you nigger? You poor victim."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T LIKE ISLAM??? DEATH NOW!!!"

and the entire point of this conversation was that insisting that the United States government system is only one or only the other isn't just retarded, its malicious

@The Electric Lizard fuck dude, thats a ton of the reasoning behind the electoral college

yup