You do not debate me because you are a coward.
Why is a Constitutional Republic more proper than a democracy?
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I don't debate you because you are not capable of carrying on a rational conversation.
You're an angry little Marxist who throws a hissy fit every time you are exposed and defeated in debate.
bye asshole
And you prove my point - but you're not smart enough to grasp it.
Go have another glass of Chardonnay and a good cry.
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It's exactly what it means! In a nutshell, any political system that is not a dictatorship is a democracy. It's an immensly general and all-comprising denomination that applies to MANY forms of government.
It's hilarious that it's such a surprise to you!
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It's a broad description of a TYPE of government. Either the people elect the government, or they don't. There is nothing in between. The word "democracy" refers to any type of government that does.
Absolutely 100% NOT! Your claim would simply imply that democracies don't exist and have never existed. Because even in the ancient direct democracies, even though the people voted on significant things, they delegated many decisions to representatives.
Again: it's simply a very broad term. ANY form of government that is excercised by the people is a democracy. Any form that is NOT is a dictatorship. Be it by one person or by a group of people (an elite).
"Redefinition" from WHAT?
So you think countries like the UK, Norway, Netherlands... are Republics. No! They are constitutional monarchies! And they ARE democracies.
That's ridiculous. Republics are countries in which THE LAW establishes a mechanism to select the head of state. In a monarchy, the head of state inherits is appointed, usually by marriage or inheritence.
In the large majority of Republics the head of state is the President. However, it makes no difference what they call the head of state. In a parliamentary republic (South Africa, for example) the head of state is the Prime Minister and the President only has protocolary (but not executive) powers.
Oh for God's sake! The British are going to be PISSED to learn that.
Ever hear about the United KINGDOM? Or are you saying that the UK is not a democracy
Correct. They are not democracies. But they ARE Republlics. NK is an exception of a Republic that doesn't use the title "President". They call him "Supreme Leader". That makes no difference. NK has elections to the People's Assembly every four (or five, I don't remember) years. And they have a constituton. Therefore, they are a Constitutinoal Republic. Just NOT a democracy because the People's Assembly simply keeps electing the same Supreme Leader over and over under duress.
The role of President as is known today was pretty much invented by US. It DEFINED what in modern days is known as "democracy". Of course modern concepts exists!
Because according to YOUR fabricated definition, no democracy has ever existed in any nation in history.
Simplistic. But toally WRONG!
There is nothing magic about words. Words are created, changed, defined, re-deined.... many times in the history of a language. This happens because words exist to communicate something that exists. And the word "democracy" communicates a type of government that is not a dictatorship. For that reason, in political science that is how the term is used.
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If I understand what you're saying I think I pretty much agree with that. The inherent rights are, not granted, but spelled out in many of our founding documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble of the Constitution. Which serverd as a basis for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (which doesn't grant rights either... it just DECLARES what they are so we all know....)
The role of government is to ensure that your rights are ONLY limited by the rights of others. And, in order to do this, it establishes rules and punishment for violating those rules. But I have always held that NO law, NO Supreme Court Decision, NO government action... should ever happen without
Federal elections affect all states, therefore yes, other states do get a say in that case.
2020 turnout that voted for President was around 158,000,000 out of an eligible voting population of around 258,000,000, i.e. about 294,000 per elector, which is ridiculous. No wonder turnouts are low, and we get banana republic candidates. The numbers of people who decide who the two Party duopoly's candidates are is far smaller.
No, it isn't - and you should have finished 4th grade.
ROFL
Now THAT is fucking stupid.
Tell me, the dictatorship of the proletarians - is that not "democracy?"
You are ignorant and uneducated - I get it.
It surprises me that an adult able to log on to a message board could be as ignorant as you.
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There is only one election that affects beyond the boundaries of a state. States send representatives to serve their state, and only their state to the federal legislature. Likewise - originally the state government sent two Senators to represent the interests of the state on national issue. Now the Senate is no more meaningful than the house.
So the ONLY office one can vote on that extends beyond the state they live in is the presidency. In the presidency - currently all states do get a say - though democrats are trying to change that and disenfranchise all but the most populous states.
If roughly 50% of the population is under 18 and we have 330 million people, that would mean there are 165 million people of voting age. 15% of those are not citizens - dropping to 142 million possible voters.
So out of 142 million possible voters - assuming everyone eligible registered and voted, we had a 111% turnout.
Pretty impressive, and explains how Joe Biden became pResident.
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Of course I've seen this type before. The trolls that polute debate forums repeating "you're wrong" over and over and think that they can hide the fact that they contribute NOTHING behind insults. They are useful for comedic purposes only. And there is no need to respond to them unless you have something funny to make fun of them.
So thanks for making it clear....
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You really should have finished 4th grade.
I mean that most sincerely.
You don't know what democracy - the direct vote of the people on laws and issues - means.
You don't know what a Republic - government by representation - is.
You have no clue how any of this works - which is why you're a democrat. Ignorance is the foundation of the left.
No, that is not what it means.
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Sure does: because MAGAs suck at math! Who would want a party of clueless people running the government!