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> advanced persistent threat to US democracy We are a Republic.

• casefields 6y ago
  Even more Article 4, Section 4 of the constitution: >The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/article-iv/clauses/42 https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/inte...
  • barrkel 6y ago
    This was probably more necessary when "democracy" usually referred to Athenian democracy, which obviously doesn't scale much beyond a city state.
• stygiansonic 6y ago
  If we are being needlessly pedantic, the traditional US definition of a "republic" is a democracy, but just not a direct democracy (I'm not aware of any modern countries that are), which I suspect is what you were trying to point out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy
• sfkdjf9j3j 6y ago
  In this context, "democracy" is used in the broad sense, meaning the codified national value of self-government by the population. The distinction that there are elected representatives rather than direct votes isn't relevant.
• barrkel 6y ago
  Republics are democracies. They're just not direct democracies. This might also help: https://mises.org/wire/stop-saying-were-republic-not-democracy https://mises.org/wire/stop-saying-were-republic-not-democra...
  • tasogare 6y ago
    No, republic is just a form of government, which may or may not be democratic. People’s Republic of China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran are prime exemples.
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