Thread: The U.S.A. is not a 'democracy'. . .

The U.S.A. is a republic. We vote for representatives who are supposed to *represent* us (but seldom do so).
The problem is not really the politicians, although they have gone to great lengths to enable and further their system of flappers and kickbacks, it is the system.
We would be much better off if we could remove the politicians from their offices and eliminate the office, but humans are not ready to govern themselves so we are stuck with our elected royalty.
We *do* need to change the names though.


The ultra-rich politicians have no idea how their constituents live. The politicos think that $30,000/year is "rich" yet some of them are worth that much each DAY.
Like the French royalty of the 18th century, the rich politicians desire only their own comfort.
"What? The people have no bread to eat? then let them eat cake!"
The politicians have come to believe that they are our masters rather than our servants.
They are out of control.
It's time to vote ALL of them out of office.
We need to have a 'REMOVE INCUMBENT' option on the ballot.

Originally Posted by Muskrat

The U.S.A. is a republic. We vote

Then it's a ****ing democracy.

Democracy and Republic are not mutually exclusive terms.

we arent a republic or a democracy,we are a democratic republic.

a normal republic only allows for officials to be voted.

a democracy rather holds a weak leader,a council,and then the rest would be run by mob rule.

america uses both ideas from a ancient greek democracy and the roman republic,as well as a justice system that is modelled after theold viking court system.

Originally Posted by beerftw

we arent a republic or a democracy,we are a democratic republic.

Or one could say that the United States are a federation OF republics.

maybe Scandinavian countries are a little democratic .thats all .there isnt real democracy in the world

We have become a Cronocracy with a dash of false Theocracy.

It was a good idea when we were more decent and our representatives weren't so over-remunerated and actually gave a **** about something beyond their careers and wealth. Now, not so much...

Originally Posted by Muskrat

The U.S.A. is a republic. We vote for representatives who are supposed to *represent* us (but seldom do so).
The problem is not really the politicians, although they have gone to great lengths to enable and further their system of flappers and kickbacks, it is the system.
We would be much better off if we could remove the politicians from their offices and eliminate the office, but humans are not ready to govern themselves so we are stuck with our elected royalty.
We *do* need to change the names though.


The ultra-rich politicians have no idea how their constituents live. The politicos think that $30,000/year is "rich" yet some of them are worth that much each DAY.
Like the French royalty of the 18th century, the rich politicians desire only their own comfort.
"What? The people have no bread to eat? then let them eat cake!"
The politicians have come to believe that they are our masters rather than our servants.
They are out of control.
It's time to vote ALL of them out of office.
We need to have a 'REMOVE INCUMBENT' option on the ballot.

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Originally Posted by Longshot

Or one could say that the United States are a federation OF republics.

federation of republics might fit as well.

but democratic republic fits better as its a republic with aspects of a democracy,such as voting on propositions etc.

however america was originially intended as a confederacy,as seen in the articles of confederation.the aoc were replaced by the constitution as a comprimise.the conservatives wanted a confederation or basically a bunch of independant states with a weak central government of limited power vs the liberal or federalist view that wanted strict federal power and little to no state power.both sides comprimised on what we have now,granting states power over local authority and federal over federal matters.

we vote for our leaders, and that makes us a democracy.

Originally Posted by Thunder

we vote for our leaders, and that makes us a democracy.

voting for your leaders is part of a republic.

in a true democracy,the leader is only in charge of running war and martial law shouldthe need arise,other than that the people fully participate in a democracy and write all laws,and the elected council and leader would ensure the peoples choices were enforced.

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