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minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down11·edit-210 months agoSo long, and thanks for all the fish.
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months agoA republic you say? Republic just means a country without monarchy. China is a Republic North Korea is a Republic The US is a Democratic Republic Where do you think the name of the political party “Democratic-Republicans” come from?
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoNorth Korea is also. Democratic Republic too! So much good, amirite?
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoxD Technically true. But instead of two-party system, they get one-party system. Decision is overrated anyways! Hail the the supreme leader 🫡 /s
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoHey now! The US is much more democratic, because we get to choose between two hand picked selections from our oligarchs.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoI mean yeah the US absolutely is much more democratic than North Korea, but it’s the lowest of bars
minus-squaredx1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·10 months agoOh my god, can you people shut up with this already.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoThe senate, and SCOTUS are verrrry democratic. Not having primaries for either of the two available parties is very democratic. The electoral college is the most democratic way to make sure the minority voice maintains a dictatorship.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoA republic is a kind of democracy.
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-210 months agoSo long, and thanks for all the fish
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months ago Because democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the more concrete result of that system In other words, a republic is a kind of democracy.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
A republic you say?
Republic just means a country without monarchy.
China is a Republic
North Korea is a Republic
The US is a Democratic Republic
Where do you think the name of the political party “Democratic-Republicans” come from?
North Korea is also. Democratic Republic too!
So much good, amirite?
xD
Technically true. But instead of two-party system, they get one-party system. Decision is overrated anyways!
Hail the the supreme leader 🫡 /s
Hey now! The US is much more democratic, because we get to choose between two hand picked selections from our oligarchs.
I mean yeah the US absolutely is much more democratic than North Korea, but it’s the lowest of bars
Oh my god, can you people shut up with this already.
But I like fish.
The senate, and SCOTUS are verrrry democratic.
Not having primaries for either of the two available parties is very democratic.
The electoral college is the most democratic way to make sure the minority voice maintains a dictatorship.
A republic is a kind of democracy.
So long, and thanks for all the fish
In other words, a republic is a kind of democracy.