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It is not a republic either. At least it is not a republic in a way that the Greeks, Romans, or American Founders would have understood it. It was meant to be a
by devinhelton 11y ago
It is not a republic either. At least it is not a republic in a way that the Greeks, Romans, or American Founders would have understood it. It was meant to be a republic, but it is no longer.
The US is actually one-half mandarinate (rule by a permanent government comprising the civil service and academia) and one-half spoils-system kleptocracy (rule by organized factions who get the government to give them money or favorable law). Elections are used mainly as a legitimacy mechanism. You can think of them as almost a religious ritual, like taking communion. Elections are a way of giving people an illusion of control, and of proving overall buy-in in the system, while in reality popular influence is kept quite limited.
- ZoeZoeBee 11y agoYour knowledge of history is quite terrible as well as your definition of words
- devinhelton 11y agoYour knowledge of my knowledge of history is quite terrible. I am quite well read, and could defend any of my sentences above. In government, it is quite often that the reality of power does not match the official language used to describe it. Rome, for instance, was officially a republic, long after in reality it had come to be ruled by an emperor.