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Free speech has less to do with it being a republic and more to do with it being a constitutional democracy. The constitution itself was an elitist project conc
by guelo 9y ago
Free speech has less to do with it being a republic and more to do with it being a constitutional democracy. The constitution itself was an elitist project conceived by a few rich landowners. Luckily the elites in question mostly had an enlightened liberal ideology, with the big exception that "All men are created equal" applied only to white men.
- brightball 9y agoAll men are created equal lay the groundwork for what would come later. The ideology came from not founding a single country but from negotiating the formation of a federal government around multiple independent states with varying populations. This negotiation forced people to think well beyond simply "majority rules".