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For the love of god or anything you find holy, STOP insisting that only direct democracy counts as democracy!
by ubernostrum 13y ago
For the love of god or anything you find holy, STOP insisting that only direct democracy counts as democracy!
- IanDrake 13y agoEven being succinct and saying "a representative democracy" doesn't imply a form of government which is constrained by a constitution. Saying democracy instead of republic just undermines the common understanding of how our government was setup to function.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> Even being succinct and saying "a representative democracy" doesn't imply a form of government which is constrained by a constitution. Neither does saying "republic". And "representative democracy" isn't succinct compared to "democracy", its verbose. > Saying democracy instead of republic just undermines the common understanding of how our government was setup to function. No more than saying "republic" instead of "democracy". A "federal republic that is also a representative democracy governed under a written constitution" would avoid that problem, but its a lot to write, when "democracy" is the part that is relevant to the point you are trying to make.