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minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashedlinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 hours agoA republic you say? Republic just means a country without monarchy. China is a Republic North Korea is a Republic The US is a Democratic Republic Where do you think the name of the political party “Democratic-Republicans” come from?
minus-square@AtariDumplink-4•4 hours agoBecause democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the more concrete result of that system, democracy is frequently used when the emphasis is on the system itself. We could say that democracy is to republicas monarchy is to kingdom. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/democracy-and-republic
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 hours ago Because democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the more concrete result of that system In other words, a republic is a kind of democracy.
But the US isn’t a democracy. It’s a republic.
Oh my god, can you people shut up with this already.
A republic you say?
Republic just means a country without monarchy.
China is a Republic
North Korea is a Republic
The US is a Democratic Republic
Where do you think the name of the political party “Democratic-Republicans” come from?
A republic is a kind of democracy.
Because democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the more concrete result of that system, democracy is frequently used when the emphasis is on the system itself. We could say that democracy is to republicas monarchy is to kingdom.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/democracy-and-republic
In other words, a republic is a kind of democracy.