Republic, NOT Democracy..or MOB RULE...

You are correct regardless of what antithesis says. We are a republic, a democratic Republic not a democracy. That is a misnomer that has been used to the point of common usage as “Western Democracies” etc.

Your definition of democracy is garbage. We are a democracy and always were one since 1788.

We are a Democratic Republic and always have been.

That's correct. We're a republic operated by democracry. As opposed to, say, Medieval Venice that was a republic operated by an oligarchic enclave, or opposed to, say, Great Britain that is democratic but not a republic. Well done. Show me your answer sheet and I'll give you a stamp!

So saying we are a democracy is technically not true. A pure democracy such as Ancient Greece is not what we are. We are a republic bound by laws. Those are embodied in our constitution. We use democratic processes to make law but have safeguards built in by the constitution to keep the majority from always enforcing their will on the minorities. The electoral college is another safeguard to protect the country from being dominated by New York and California liberals.

We've had this argument before. Democracy = people vote, Republic = there's no king. You can be as technical as you want but the USA still fulfills all the qualifications of democracy - which is to say there's one requirement, being that I can vote. Nothing's changed since the last time you tried this nonsense.

Your gibberish gets a little hard to follow but I THINK you're trying to say that a democracy can't be constitutional. Constituional Democracies are in fact a thing. It's what we're known for, actually - pioneering one of if not the first democracy of this kind.

No you are wrong is what I’m saying. We are a Democratic Republic and that means exactly what it says. We take portions of democracy and portions of a republic together. You can not dismiss the republic part just because you want to. So the guy stating we are a republic is half right and you stating we are a democracy are half right. If what I say is gibberish it’s only because you have trouble understanding the words Democratic Republic. The word Republic is not silent and you can’t just drop it.

When have I EVER said that America has or should have a monarchy? EVER? EVER ONCE?

Where are you accused of that? The basic problem is that you believe a Republic simply means no king. It is more than just no king. Your simplistic understanding of a Republic is the issue.

No. Like, remember when I kept showing you the dictionary and under Republic it kept saying "no monarchy"? And then you showed me your dictionary but left out the part that said "no monarchy" and I was like "ah ha!" and you were like "I don't care, I'll still be an idiot"?

🤣 no I don’t remember that. I remember you being adamant that a republic simply means no king. I don’t dispute that republic means no king but that is not all it contributes to a democratic republic. You ignore the republic part as irrelevant because it means no king. That is incorrect it means more than just no king and we are not a one citizen, one vote democracy like Ancient Greece whew the simple majority rules over all minority.

You're being stubborn as usual. A Republic can be implemented in a variety of ways, but the basic idea really is as simple as the absence of a monarchy. And always has been.

Having a direct referendum on every single issue is too impractical to be implemented really ever - even the Ancient Greek States used elected representation rather than direct referendum. If you think democracy refers only to direct referenda, you're really only talking about ancient Thebes - that's really the only time in human history where democracy has been implemented in that way for all issues. You really are narrowing down the scope of the word to support your conclusions by circular reasoning at that point.

So we are a Republic and the Democratic is an adjective to describe what kind of republic.

anytime you use a qualifier it diminishes the essence of THE word

https://youtu.be/VogzExP3qhI explains it PERFECTLY...mob rule vs the Law

https://youtu.be/VogzExP3qhI best clip available on "We're A Republic, NOT a Democracy...or MOB rule