A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.
A nation that has such a political order.
A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
Xanthrax is using definition 3 while others are using 1. Should have been easy to resolve without vitriol. But maybe you “know what [he’s] doing” and are “just putting that out there”?
We are a republic and a democracy (the latter is questionable now). Just like many other nations in the world.
This is not a new piece of disinformation, it’s been around for a long fucking time. So yes, when I see people parroting these easily disproven lies (and then refuse to accept it when someone corrects them), I tend to question their motives.
A republic is like a direct democracy, but instead, you elect officials to represent you. Wtf is this thread?
If you are not 100% in lockstep with the narrative you will be attacked here and accused of being an agent of the enemy.
What’s the “narrative” here, basic understanding of political science?
Xanthrax is using definition 3 while others are using 1. Should have been easy to resolve without vitriol. But maybe you “know what [he’s] doing” and are “just putting that out there”?
We are a republic and a democracy (the latter is questionable now). Just like many other nations in the world.
This is not a new piece of disinformation, it’s been around for a long fucking time. So yes, when I see people parroting these easily disproven lies (and then refuse to accept it when someone corrects them), I tend to question their motives.
There’s zero vitriol in this comment chain. What are you talking about?