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Where do you get those definitions?

• marcosdumay 7y ago
  How about the dictionary? > n. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives. > n. A political or social unit that has such a government. > n. The common people, considered as the primary source of political power. But better, where outside of some ancient history book did you ever see somebody use that word describing exclusively a government like the one in ancient Greece? (Not to say that republic comes from the exact same concepts, just in a different language.)
  • buboard 7y ago
    - these definitions are not the same as the one you stated previously. - All these 3 definitions of democracy may apply to a democracy that uses allotment instead of elections. - You are correct that modern usage of democracy is restricted to "election based majority government". - Republic is a wholly separate, orthogonal concept. Pre-empire Rome was a republic, not a democracy.
    • marcosdumay 7y ago
      > these definitions are not the same as the one you stated previously. "Government by the people" vs "The common people, considered as the primary source of political power" vs. "government must serve the governed people". Oh, I see, I have used different words! > All these 3 definitions of democracy may apply to a democracy that uses allotment instead of elections. Where did I say it doesn't apply? > You are correct that modern usage of democracy is restricted to "election based majority government". Wait, what? I didn't say that, and it is not correct.