It's called Fascism.
We will NEVER choose a President based on popular vote. It is unconstitutional and would disenfranchise most of the states primarily in the center of the nation and render them permanently irrelevant.
They find the notion almost as unsophisticated and fascistic as flying a Revolutionary-era flag.
Others dismiss the democracy/republic debate as pedantic or a semantic distraction. They shouldn’t.
The other day, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan tried to make Trump fans who repeat this factual contention look like a bunch of dumb, lock stepping authoritarians.
To explain the problem, CNN even recruited “democracy” expert Anne Applebaum, who noted that, “America is a democracy. It was founded as a democracy . . . the word ‘democracy’ and the word ‘republic’ have often been used interchangeably. There isn’t a meaningful difference between them.”
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We will NEVER choose a President based on popular vote. It is unconstitutional and would disenfranchise most of the states primarily in the center of the nation and render them permanently irrelevant.
Dems want a ‘democracy’ where the majority lords it over everyone else
For as long as I can remember, the left has been sneering at anyone who points out that the United States is a republic, not a democracy.They find the notion almost as unsophisticated and fascistic as flying a Revolutionary-era flag.
Others dismiss the democracy/republic debate as pedantic or a semantic distraction. They shouldn’t.
The other day, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan tried to make Trump fans who repeat this factual contention look like a bunch of dumb, lock stepping authoritarians.
To explain the problem, CNN even recruited “democracy” expert Anne Applebaum, who noted that, “America is a democracy. It was founded as a democracy . . . the word ‘democracy’ and the word ‘republic’ have often been used interchangeably. There isn’t a meaningful difference between them.”
Dems want a ‘democracy’ where the majority lords it over everyone else
CNN recruited “democracy” expert Anne Applebaum, who noted that, “America is a democracy. It was founded as a democracy.”
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