We are not a “democracy.”

[martybegan]

They do this every couple of weeks.

People call us a "democracy", with their definition being "representatives elected by the people". Then these folks melt down and play this game. "Democracy" is just a catch-all phrase, and they know it.

They don't want the term used because they're trying to create minority rule via an obscene orange dictator.

Words mean things.

 

[Woodznutz]

Interfering with business that's not yours. Yes, you'll end up paying for it.

Whether the woman (or girl) has an abortion or brings an illegitimate child into the world others wind up paying for it in some way.

My daughter has a child out of wedlock, and I pay for it by having to help her financially. If she and the father had married, she would be financially ok. This is a common scenario for single mothers.

 

[Curried Goats]

What? Democracy is tyranny. It is the tyranny of the mob.

There is no wisdom simply because a mob is in full-throated rage.

And tyranny of a majority can't exist in a Republic?

 

[Darkwind]

And tyranny of a majority can't exist in a Republic?

In fact, it cannot because the entire deliberative process is slowed to a crawl.

Intentionally.

This permits cooler heads to moderate the rage of mobs.

 

[Curried Goats]

In fact, it cannot because the entire deliberative process is slowed to a crawl.

Intentionally.

This permits cooler heads to moderate the rage of mobs.

So slavery isn't tyranny?

 

[otto105]

If we were a democracy (which we aren’t) then we would collectively decide our own laws and policies. But we don’t do that. We vote for “representatives” who do such voting in our name (allegedly).

Therefore some people make the mistake (and it is a mistake) of trying to label us a “representative democracy.” That, too, is a false label because if it were accurate, then the representatives could vote for any bill or policy they wished. But they can’t.

Why not? Well, obviously, they are explicitly prohibited from doing so, in many cases, and implicitly prevented from doing so, in other cases. How? Our Constitution set things up that way. It establishes not only the specific things over which our government HAS authority but also denies them authority in a variety of other matters.

This is why we are not a democracy. Our Founders and Framers were very well aware of a tyranny of any (temporary) majority. They also mistrusted the power of government in general. So, they deliberately avoided “democracy” and further limited the things over which the government had authority. We are a Constitutional republic.

Like people are in general, our Constitution is indeed imperfect. But it is vastly superior to the other forms of government. And, it is designed to make it within our collective power to modify it to address any perceived deficiencies in our form of government, as we see fit.

So whenever any of our detractors attempt to tell us that we are a “democracy,” we owe it to ourselves to correct them. Stop the spread of their disinformation. We are absolutely not a “democracy,” thank God and thank the Framers.

We’re a Representative Democracy


Thanks to the Constitution

 

[Clipper]

They do this every couple of weeks.

People call us a "democracy", with their definition being "representatives elected by the people". Then these folks melt down and play this game. "Democracy" is just a catch-all phrase, and they know it.

They don't want the term used because they're trying to create minority rule via an obscene orange dictator.

Yep. They're tryng to justify reelecting that orange pile of shit who, along with his cohorts in the Heritage Foundation, The Federalist Society & others are plottng to appoint a slew of bottom feeding yes men who will bow to Trump's Mussollini complex & his plan to make life hell for anyone who opposed him, brought him to justice etc & anyone who opposes hm if these idiots reelect him.

"Oh so what if Dear Leader throws out the Constitution & The Bill of Rights! We were never a Democracy to begin with"! That will be the refrain from the MAGA cult.

Prepare for what's coming because they might just pull it off.

 

[Mac1958]

Yep. They're tryng to justify reelecting that orange pile of shit who, along with his cohorts in the Heritage Foundation, The Federalist Society & others are plottng to appoint a slew of bottom feeding yes men who will bow to Trump's Mussollini complex & his plan to make life hell for anyone who opposed him, brought him to justice etc & anyone who opposes hm if these idiots reelect him.

"Oh so what if Dear Leader throws out the Constitution & The Bill of Rights! We were never a Democracy to begin with"! That will be the refrain from the MAGA cult.

And they're not exactly being secretive about it.

 

[BackAgain]

You haven't refuted anything I've stated. You just pull your usual BS of repeating your misstatement.
We are a representative democracy.

No. We aren’t. Stop repeating your BS.

End of story.

Your story is poorly written fiction.

As a country, our articles of organization (if you will) state we are a constitutional republic.

Our Constitution does spell out.

Doubling down on your BS...doesn't make it true.

Tripling down on yours doesn’t make your error a less false.