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"Democracy is about "putting power into cage" and splitting cake " Well, no. What you're describing is a Republic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic http:
by GFischer 15y ago
"Democracy is about "putting power into cage" and splitting cake "
Well, no. What you're describing is a Republic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic
It's often confused because most democracies are also republics.
- artsrc 15y agoA constitutional monarchy does all those things. And they are not republics, but can be democracies.
- GFischer 15y agoTrue, I stand corrected :) . What I wanted to say is that the OP was describing a divison of powers as commonly seen in a Republic, it was not something inherent in a democracy.
- derleth 15y agoAll republics that actually are republics are democracies; true republican government is a form of democracy.
- GFischer 15y agoAll republics might be democracies, but not all democracies are republics, which was my point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy http://lexrex.com/enlightened/AmericanIdeal/aspects/demrep.html http://lexrex.com/enlightened/AmericanIdeal/aspects/demrep.h...
- derleth 15y agoRight. Democracy is subclassed into Republic and DirectDemocracy; Republic is further subclassed, one such subclass among many being CrownedRepublic, such as the UK.