Of course the USA is a democracy. You guys elect everybody- legislators, judges, cops everybody.Unlike a “democracy” where 51% of its participants rule, our Constitution guarantees a “Republican Form of Government” (See Article 4, Section 4) under which consent of the governed is required by three fourths (75%) of the participants (see Article 5), and not a mere majority as in a “democracy”, AKA mob-rule government.
John Adams, a prominent figure in the Revolutionary War and second President of the United States warns:
“Democracy will envy all, contend with all, endeavor to pull down all; and when by chance it happens to get the upper hand for a short time, it will be revengeful, bloody, and cruel…”.
So why does NEWSMAX allow guests, such as Dick Morris, to falsely reference to NEWSMAX’S viewers that our system is a “democracy”, and intentionally does so to suggest that “democracy” is a desirable form of government?
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to selfishness;
From selfishness to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage.
_____ Author unknown
Has NEWMAX, in general, not yet learned that words have meaning?
Unlike...
Why does NEWSMAX habitually allow guests to refer to our system as a “democracy”.
Because that's what the useful idiots understand.
btw, it's not just Newsmax.
No, it's about the useful idiots not understanding what 'republic' means.Why does NEWSMAX habitually allow guests to refer to our system as a “democracy”.
Because that's what the useful idiots understand.
btw, it's not just Newsmax.
Of course the USA is a democracy.
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence." ___ Article 4, Section 4, United States Constitution.
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence." ___ Article 4, Section 4, United States Constitution.Oh here we go.
The jackasses who think that "republic" somehow means "not democracy." How are people still saying this dumb shit in 2025.
One thing you're right about though, in practical terms we aren't a democracy. Moreso a oligarchy, plutocracy, and now kakistocracy.
Of course right wingers always use the "we're a republic, not a democracy" to justify white supremacy and fascism.
fwiw, a republican form of government is a subset of the forms of democratic government
Yes! A democratic system.
Unlike a “democracy” where 51% of its participants rule, our Constitution guarantees a “Republican Form of Government” (See Article 4, Section 4) under which consent of the governed is required by three fourths (75%) of the participants (see Article 5), and not a mere majority as in a “democracy”, AKA mob-rule government.
John Adams, a prominent figure in the Revolutionary War and second President of the United States warns:
“Democracy will envy all, contend with all, endeavor to pull down all; and when by chance it happens to get the upper hand for a short time, it will be revengeful, bloody, and cruel…”.
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Has NEWMAX, in general, not yet learned that words have meaning?
John Adams, a prominent figure in the Revolutionary War and second President of the United States warns:
“Democracy will envy all, contend with all, endeavor to pull down all; and when by chance it happens to get the upper hand for a short time, it will be revengeful, bloody, and cruel…”.
Republic just means no monarchy. You have access to a dictionary, use it."The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence." ___ Article 4, Section 4, United States Constitution.
yes, republics are one subset of democracies
You aren’t very adept at explaining if you actually understand the words you are pasting here.No. But a subset of a democratic system is apparently more accurate.
James Madison in Federalist Paper No. 10:
“A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place. . . The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: First, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; Secondly, the greater number of citizens, and greater sphere of country, over which the latter may be extended.”
James Madison goes on to elaborate the following in Federalist Paper No. 14:You aren’t very adept at explaining if you actually understand the words you are pasting here.
Our government is a democracy. It is a constitutional republic which is a type of democracy.Unlike a “democracy” where 51% of its participants rule, our Constitution guarantees a “Republican Form of Government” (See Article 4, Section 4) under which consent of the governed is required by three fourths (75%) of the participants (see Article 5), and not a mere majority as in a “democracy”, AKA mob-rule government.
John Adams, a prominent figure in the Revolutionary War and second President of the United States warns:
“Democracy will envy all, contend with all, endeavor to pull down all; and when by chance it happens to get the upper hand for a short time, it will be revengeful, bloody, and cruel…”.
So why does NEWSMAX allow guests, such as Dick Morris, to falsely reference to NEWSMAX’S viewers that our system is a “democracy”, and intentionally does so to suggest that “democracy” is a desirable form of government?
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to selfishness;
From selfishness to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage.
_____ Author unknown
Has NEWMAX, in general, not yet learned that words have meaning?
No. But a subset of a democratic system is apparently more accurate.
James Madison in Federalist Paper No. 10:
“A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place. . . The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: First, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; Secondly, the greater number of citizens, and greater sphere of country, over which the latter may be extended.”
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