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The UK is a Constitutional Monarch. The US according to its own Constitution is a Republic. > Government elected by people is the definition of democracy. No
by throwawaycities 3y ago
The UK is a Constitutional Monarch.
The US according to its own Constitution is a Republic.
> Government elected by people is the definition of democracy.
No, democracy is a term that has been around for over 2 thousand years (same with Republic).
Hopefully as you know Democracy originated in Greece. Notwithstanding your definition, Greece the creator of Democracy, did not even elect representatives/politicians, politicians were selected at random from the citizens in a process known as sortition.
On account of your definition of Democracy I think I’ll gracefully bow out of this conversation.
- ianburrell 3y agoYou are not looking at a computer, because a computer is a person who computes. You are not typing on a keyboard, because keys open locks and why they be in a board. Words change their meanings over time, the definition of democracy has expanded with the invention of representative democracy. Enough that Athens wouldn’t be considered direct democracy today because of limited franchise. BTW, it is more accurate to call UK a parliamentary monarchy. “Constitutional monarchy” is synonym but confusing they don’t have written constitution. If democracy means direct democracy, what is the similarity in government between parliamentary and republic called? It is called representative democracy.