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> republic implies strong federalism and democratic does not This is, in essence, a substantial portion of what is asserted in The Federalist Papers, an 85-par
by jMyles 5y ago
> republic implies strong federalism and democratic does not
This is, in essence, a substantial portion of what is asserted in The Federalist Papers, an 85-part series of letters and treatises written and distributed in 1788 by three proponents of adoption of the US Constitution.
- bildung 5y agoI see, thanks a lot. As far as I could read in the few minutes, the Federalists were opposed to identity theory, Rousseau's idea of direct democracy without political parties, whereas the Federalists were pluralists, like Kant and Aristoteles. IOW, this is not about the current meaning of democracy (as almost all current democracies are both pluralist and federalist, though of course to varying degrees).