There's only two types of doors: those which are open and those which are closed.
It cannot be a democracy because the judges are appointed by merit. But, how is democracy so wonderful? For one all democracies are established to serve self interest and therefore become tyrant. Also, the populous has to be competent but are not, defining the US as a liberal utopic dream that can last forever ,is the pushing like a drug the merits of selflessness for the purpose of self interest a very contradictory concept.
Looking starvation, mass chaos, and nuclear war in the face America may not be up to the task weighted down by a hostile and enemy population of invaders.
They have no military or draftable pool of men. IQ dropping fast...
Looking starvation, mass chaos, and nuclear war in the face America may not be up to the task weighted down by a hostile and enemy population of invaders.
They have no military or draftable pool of men. IQ dropping fast...
@spidersneedlovetoo said in #1:
> Regardless of political affiliation, there's those that want democracy to continue, and those that don't.
You do realize that the United States is, and always has been, a constitutional republic, not a democracy?
> Regardless of political affiliation, there's those that want democracy to continue, and those that don't.
You do realize that the United States is, and always has been, a constitutional republic, not a democracy?
@Forgave_Myself said in #33:
> You do realize that the United States is, and always has been, a constitutional republic, not a democracy?
Isn't a constitutional republic not just a type of democracy?
I would say democracy is a general class of government emcompassing the systems where everybody gets to vote who governs the land. And then yeat you can have different types of that, like constitutional monarchies or constitutional republics or what not.
> You do realize that the United States is, and always has been, a constitutional republic, not a democracy?
Isn't a constitutional republic not just a type of democracy?
I would say democracy is a general class of government emcompassing the systems where everybody gets to vote who governs the land. And then yeat you can have different types of that, like constitutional monarchies or constitutional republics or what not.
There are only 10 types of people in the world those who understand binary and those who don't.
@Raspberry_yoghurt said in #34:
> Isn't a constitutional republic not just a type of democracy?
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> I would say democracy is a general class of government emcompassing the systems where everybody gets to vote who governs the land. And then yeat you can have different types of that, like constitutional monarchies or constitutional republics or what not.
Sure. You could call the US a partial democracy if you want to. We elect a president through partial democracy via the electoral college. We elect federal congress people through popular vote by state (only because of an amendment). But my point is that there are many roles in the US government that are not only, not partially democratic, but not democratic at all.
> Isn't a constitutional republic not just a type of democracy?
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> I would say democracy is a general class of government emcompassing the systems where everybody gets to vote who governs the land. And then yeat you can have different types of that, like constitutional monarchies or constitutional republics or what not.
Sure. You could call the US a partial democracy if you want to. We elect a president through partial democracy via the electoral college. We elect federal congress people through popular vote by state (only because of an amendment). But my point is that there are many roles in the US government that are not only, not partially democratic, but not democratic at all.
This is one reason democracy can never succeed today; people like to define things as they will, they are deeply despotic on the personal level and really only want a government as a servant who has unlimited wealth they can be given.
@Forgave_Myself said in #33:
> You do realize that the United States is, and always has been, a constitutional republic, not a democracy?
My apologies that your reading comprehension does not meet the level needed to properly interpret the original post.
From separate forum posts, it's pretty clear you're just trolling me but double the apology if you're not and I'm wrong and now just being rude af.
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That said, and to be clear, @Katzenschinken best restated the op in #29 with the question:
"Are you for the constitution or are you against it?"
That's what this is about.
Are you for the constitution or are you against it?
If you took the oath will you live up to it?
> You do realize that the United States is, and always has been, a constitutional republic, not a democracy?
My apologies that your reading comprehension does not meet the level needed to properly interpret the original post.
From separate forum posts, it's pretty clear you're just trolling me but double the apology if you're not and I'm wrong and now just being rude af.
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That said, and to be clear, @Katzenschinken best restated the op in #29 with the question:
"Are you for the constitution or are you against it?"
That's what this is about.
Are you for the constitution or are you against it?
If you took the oath will you live up to it?
@spidersneedlovetoo said in #38:
> My apologies that your reading comprehension does not meet the level needed to properly interpret the original post.
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> From separate forum posts, it's pretty clear you're just trolling me but double the apology if you're not and I'm wrong and now just being rude af.
Not sure why you're being mean. Are you not talking about the US? Slightly confused.
> My apologies that your reading comprehension does not meet the level needed to properly interpret the original post.
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> From separate forum posts, it's pretty clear you're just trolling me but double the apology if you're not and I'm wrong and now just being rude af.
Not sure why you're being mean. Are you not talking about the US? Slightly confused.
@Forgave_Myself said in #39:
> Not sure why you're being mean. Are you not talking about the US? Slightly confused.
Fair enough. Sorry for being mean. I was reacting to a separate post of yours, which hurt my feelings and wasn't very nice, either.
( lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/why-do-so-many-people-hate-donald-trump?page=8#76 )
Now we got all *that* out of the way, let's be clear(er): We're talking about both peoples personal preferences when it comes to state-level governance: communal or concentrated power structures, and the real-life analog threats to those structures in the form of proto-fascists, and christian nationalists, and their efforts to reduce the democratic potential of the ongoing experiment in governance known as the "United States".
The confusion comes from people misunderstanding the initial post as to be referencing the shape of those power structures instead of seeing it as a query on people's personal preferences in those same regards.
> Not sure why you're being mean. Are you not talking about the US? Slightly confused.
Fair enough. Sorry for being mean. I was reacting to a separate post of yours, which hurt my feelings and wasn't very nice, either.
( lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/why-do-so-many-people-hate-donald-trump?page=8#76 )
Now we got all *that* out of the way, let's be clear(er): We're talking about both peoples personal preferences when it comes to state-level governance: communal or concentrated power structures, and the real-life analog threats to those structures in the form of proto-fascists, and christian nationalists, and their efforts to reduce the democratic potential of the ongoing experiment in governance known as the "United States".
The confusion comes from people misunderstanding the initial post as to be referencing the shape of those power structures instead of seeing it as a query on people's personal preferences in those same regards.
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