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> Also, for the love of God, stop calling it a democracy. The US is a democracy though

• seanw444 5y ago
  It's a Constitutional Republic.
  • ickwabe 5y ago
    That's semantic sleight of hand. The US is clearly a representative democracy. One related opinion on this topic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/yes-constitution-democracy/616949/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/yes-consti...
    • throwaway2048 5y ago
    • seanw444 5y ago
      Yes, republics utilize some democracy. Are republics == democracy? No. Otherwise one of the two words wouldn't exist.
      • the_only_law 5y ago
        If you’re only allowed a single word to represent anything, I’m afraid much of your sentence is incomprehensible because o many of those words simply can’t exist.
      • colinmhayes 5y ago
        It's a square and rectangle situation. Republic is a subset of democracy.
  • colinmhayes 5y ago
    Which is a form of democracy...