up? Is a republic a democracy or not?
2007-09-08 09:14:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It's a sophisticated shell game that our government leaders play. Instead of using the word 'republic', they call our nation a 'democracy' which implies that the people have a voice in the management of the country.
As a democratic republic, we elect representative to manage the country for us. The act of voting pretends to give us a 'say' in how this country's managed.
In fact, the "Republicrats" have established a monopolistic, corrupt two-party system that completely avoids giving "the people" any real choices. The two parties switch power back-and-forth enough to make it look like "we the people" run the show - but, our candidates are selected (not elected) by the wealthy elitists, industrialists and power brokers (most of whom are members of the Bilderberg Conference) long before the voters ever "meet the candidates".
We've been duped - and, in 1992, when a diminutive little billionaire scared the beJesus out of 'career politicians', the "Republicrats" further entrenched themselves into a power position that will be almost impossible to dismantle without a second American Revolution.
Propagandists such as Rush Limbaugh are nothing more than mouthpieces for the "Republicrats" who stir up the people, create more division, inspire hatred and bigotry, and do exactly what Hitler's propagandists did seventy years ago. "Liberals" and "conservatives" bicker among each other like little children, calling each other names and behaving like juveniles while the power brokers at the top of the ladder sit back and laugh their a*ses off as "we the people" are made fools of because we don't have the common sense to get off the couch, put down the remote and revolt against a dictatorial political reign. It's by far the most sinister, polished, clever con game in world history. -RKO- 09/08/07
2007-09-08 09:34:33 · answer #1 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
We are a democratic republic. In essence we our a democracy but just not a pure democracy, We share all the chracteristics of a democracy but our not a true deomcracy because in a true democracy everybody represents themselves in government. So in essence in this day and age we are the closest we can be to a republic.
2007-09-08 09:52:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't worry, somebody just tried to bother
you with a very common foxtv parrot twitter.
rightwingers really fear democracy, they feel
much more like aristocrats preferably with free
access on minors - so the founding farters made
a republic, not a democracy ?? well, sure, but they
also wrote in the parts about blacks being three-fifths of
a person, and only land-owning males being able to vote.
some of those cool old amendments moved the usa
closer to actual democracy, at least for a while there.
2007-09-08 09:36:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
True democracy relies on popular (majority rule) vote. The US uses a variation called electro college which can go against the will of the majority.
It is not a 100% democracy.
2007-09-08 19:31:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the US were a democracy Bush never would've gotten into the White House the first time around, since he lost the popular vote.
2007-09-08 09:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by le coq géant 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The distinction always seems important to some people. It is a democratic republic in theory.
In fact it is a corporatocracy with an oligarchy underlying it. That is why you have political dynasties popping up all the time.
2007-09-08 09:31:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are a democratic republic form of goverment. It is still called democracy but really is a form of it.
2007-09-08 09:24:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a republic, the voters who elect their top leader vote for electors who actually do the voting for the leader, in our case the president. In a true (technical) democracy, the voters vote directly for the top leader.
The terms tend sometimes to end up used interchangeably, although there is a technical difference. When in the US we vote for president, we actually vote for electors who are pledged to vote for the candidate of our choice.
2007-09-08 09:25:52 · answer #8 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The U.S. is a federal republic with a democratic form of government.
2007-09-08 09:26:00 · answer #9 · answered by jrldsmith 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well,
Al Gore beat George Bush in the popular vote but lost the election.
In my state Gay Marriage is legal and NOBODY voted for that.
(The elected officials voted not to vote)
I call it BS government.
2007-09-08 11:47:36 · answer #10 · answered by whitiepossum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋