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Democracy isn't necessarily the best way to handle things. If you asked the people what they want on every bill no country could function. Every tax would get
by aianus 11y ago
Democracy isn't necessarily the best way to handle things.
If you asked the people what they want on every bill no country could function. Every tax would get rejected, and every spending bill approved.
Similarly for asking each congressperson about each individual clause in the TPP.
- serge2k 11y agoThis why the US is a republic and not a democracy.
- dragonwriter 11y agoIn Constitutional structure, the US is both a (democratic, federal) republic and a (representative) democracy, it is not, by design, "a republic and not a democracy". Cynically, one might argue that it is, in practice, a (plutocratic) republic and not a democracy, I suppose.
- antientropic 11y agoNot this again. "Republic" and "democracy" are not mutually exclusive terms: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/13/is-the-united-states-of-america-a-republic-or-a-democracy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201...