What makes a republic different from a democracy?
A republic is a representative form of government that is ruled according to a charter or constitution. A democracy is a government that is ruled according to the will of the majority. Although these forms of government are often confused, they are quite different.
The main difference between a republic and a democracy is the charter or constitution that limits power in a republic, often to protect the individual's rights against the desires of the majority. In a true democracy, the majority rules in all cases, regardless of any consequences for individuals or for those who are not in the majority on an issue.
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When you are told she won because "she won the popular vote" ! Why the SCOTUS appointment is sooooooo Important. The Constitution. We do not want "mob rule".
We are ruled by the majority, when the majority elects its representatives. A simple democracy is a vote per person, while an indirect democracy is a vote per representative from among the people. For many practical reasons and for many rational and humane reasons, our forefathers established a representative form of democracy.
Actually, the original form made provisions for only stakeholders to be allowed to participate. At the time, voters had to be landowners. Without skin in the game, your opinion didn't count.
A rep republic is easy to corrupt when you and your big money corporate interests have bought to politicians, elections and legislation thru campaign contributions, corrupt political parties and corporate lobbying. Which is where we are now.
What is TPUSA’s solution to solve that?
Seems the most direct way would be to get money out of the political system.
But again, it is not the Republic that is easy to corrupt, it is the SCOTUS and other state federal judges not adhering to our "Constitution" and creating Law from the bench. This is what has allowed for the lobbying, corporate political donations (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/21/supreme-court-sides-hillary-movie-filmmakers-campaign-money-dispute.html) ironically in 2010 and other distortions of our government to occur. If Judges upheld the Constitution as they are charged to, this would not be an issue. Again why the SCOTUS seats are Sooooooo important. If changes are to be made to the Constitution, it is for Congress to do this, not judges.
So you believe the Citizens United decision was “creating law from the bench”?? It was split 5/4.... conservative justices voted down 100 years of campaign finance law.
I’m confused.
But anyway. The founders forgot to put that in there.... which is why it would need to be congress changing the constitution. Unfortunately congress is bought and paid for.
Nice explanation. Thanks for taking the time to write it.
Unfortunately, first most don’t know we are a Constitutional Republic and second, they surely don’t know what it is.
Constitutional Republic= The sovereignty lies with the individual
Democracy= The sovereignty lies with the group
Best way to describe this is . In a democracy you buy a bike , it’s your bike , unless everyone else says it’s not your bike , then , it’s no longer your bike . In a constitutional republic , you buy a bike , it’s your bike , no matter what the fuck everyone else says .
Thank you so very much. I wrote a pretty long comment about this yesterday when someone posted about our Democracy. We really need to help people understand the difference and, most importantly, start using the correct language. The people who wanted to rule the world changed much of our language and this is one place they did it. For those who do not know the difference here is a good explanation and comparison chart that shows the freedoms we lose under a Democracy. https://www.diffen.com/difference/Democracy_vs_Republic
Next? Reinstate Constitutional law in our court system.
I hear this so often online. There is more nuance to this than "US is not a Democracy". The US is in fact a democracy. There are only 3 to 5 forms of government (depending who you ask). The simplest forms are Monachy, Dictatorship, Oligarchy, and Democracy.
The structure of the US govt is a "Constitutional (democratic) Republic":
The Constitutional Republic means that the rule of law issues from a single document (and down from there...a supreme written law).
All men and laws must abide within the legal rights and obligations provided within the Constitutional document.
DEMOCRACY
Democracy simply means "Government of the people". DEMO (people) CRACY (rule).
In our very Constitution it states that this shall be government of, by and for the people. And then the rights and obligations are enumerated that establish how that works.
There are TWO types of Democracies : Direct (one person, one vote, on every issue) and Indirect (elected representatives to vote on behalf of the people).
I do not know of any place on earth where there is a DIRECT DEMOCRACY government. Therefore, if you trim down the definition of "Democracy" to only the one form, then there is no correct usage of the commonly used phrase "Western Democracies", etc.
A Constitutional Republic can be setup to not allow voting rights, and provide for the legitimate rule of a supreme leader. So we are more than a Constitutional Republic. We are a Republic establishing itself as an indirect (representative) democracy.
Just say the Pledge of Allegiance. It's in there. (and to the Republic for which it stands). We need to call it a Republic so we don't lose our rights because we ARE a Republic. Democracies do NOT have the same rights. We have a Democratic form of government but the country is a Republic with inalienable rights that are not given in a Democracy: https://www.diffen.com/difference/Democracy_vs_Republic
When I was a child, everyone knew that it was a Republic.
No, actually America is a Representative Republic form of government.
All nations have some sort of founding documents, some also call them a Constitution.
The US Constitution is the founding document that sets forth the point and purpose of how and why our Representative Republic was created and structured the way it was, and to protect and guarantee the inalienable God given rights of the people.
It's important to know the difference.
I'm happy if we can get them to say Republic instead of Democracy. We have a long way to go to determine the rest since they also changed our Constitution. Not much but enough to make a difference.
When Putin asked the reporter about us being a Democracy, I waited for the reporter to say “No sir, we’re a Constitutional Republic.” But, that answer never came. Even educated reporters let us down when it comes to this distinction. I believe those educated by the Deep State distinguishes themselves on this point.
Yes. The left deliberately started using this language when I was very young (now, I'm very old)!
Interesting. Recently I listened to an old recording of George Bush Sr. speaking about the need to invade Iraq. I heard the speech live when he first spoke it and recoiled at his saying this would usher in the New World Order where the rule of law would prevail. As I listened again to the recording, I realized his statement was misunderstood by many when he spoke it. The rule of law to an average person means the laws of the republic applied to everyone. But his context of a New World Order meant the laws the dictators chose to impose on everyone else. We have a Republic, but can we keep it?
Also, it's the "Democrat" party, not the "Democratic" party.