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Jonathan Bernstein@jonathanbernstein.bsky.social |
Unhappy that well-meaning folks are playing around with the "republic"/"democracy" thing. Best to use and treat them as synonyms, not separate things. No really, it is. "Democratic republic" is basically redundant.
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Damien Veatch
@damienveatch.bsky.social
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If there is a distinction to be made between the words, it was apparently unknown to the Founders, who largely used the two terms interchangeably.
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clear
@clearspark.bsky.social
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res publica demos ocracy đ§đ§đ§
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Alex Bowles
@alexqgb.bsky.social
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The only difference between them is that one uses the Greek root for the people and the other uses the Latin. Both refer to citizens.
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Paul Allen
@paulallen.ca
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Canada's democratic confederation of provinces and territories: Hold my beer.
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Andrew Elder
@awelder.bsky.social
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The communist countries were/are "democratic republics", if that makes you happy
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Jay Allen
@amaninblack.bsky.social
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You gotta love a post that could have brought the founders of the US to physical violence
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@thunderousprophet.bsky.social
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The people who make this argument are the same empty-headed know-nothing dildos who think that the Nazis were leftists because the word "Socialist" was in the party name.
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Gavin
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The only people Iâve seen try to make a distinction are the people who want to eliminate any level of democracy in the system, whether representative or direct.
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Sean O'Hara
@noculottes.bsky.social
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I make the distinction that democracy is government by the people, while a republic is government for the people. I then point out that the English word for a republic is "commonwealth," meaning people are taxed to pay for public works for the benefit of society.
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@d1omedes.bsky.social
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Agree that the people seeking the distinction are more often than not just bad faith actors seeking to excuse removing democratic rights; however as a citizen of the UK it is worth pointing out that's it's possible to be a democracy without being a republic.
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Lars
@larspeet.bsky.social
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Another flavor of the olde appeal to the authority of the *dictionary*.
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Dustin Du Cane
@dustinducane.bsky.social
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I donât think so. Rome was a republic. It wasnât a democracy. The Polish Commonwealth and 2nd Republic werenât democracies. America has ludicrous anti democratic systems like the Senate and Electoral College. Plus imperial president. Not a democracy.
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John Kinsella
@jrkinsella.bsky.social
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Itâs not worth arguing about though. Republicans like one word because itâs part of their partyâs name unlike the other one. Thatâs really what itâs all about. If the parties hadnât realigned youâd be hearing about how weâre only a democracy.
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Joe Cooper
@swelljoe.bsky.social
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I think most of the folks who argue about it don't want a republic, either. They want fascism, and believe anything that isn't democracy is closer to what they want.
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VoteBlue4ever
@voteblue4vr.bsky.social
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It's code for: "Only white, cisgender males, who own land and have children, should be permitted to vote."
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@surfingthepast.bsky.social
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Funny that our first political organizations adopted the name the Democratic Republican societies. The party was the Democratic Republican Party under Jefferson. No Republic or Republican party then.
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Sam Brody
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a republic is just a non-monarchy. it doesnât have to be democratic. it can be oligarchic like most of the Greek or Italian city-states or the USA
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OlĂşfáşšĚmi O. TĂĄĂwò
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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yeah outside of, say, teaching Plato's Republic can't see what mileage is worth getting out of the distinction
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Arma Bellum
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I'm fairly sure this post makes sense in the US but pretty much nowhere else. Regards, Citizen of a democratic monarchy.
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Matthew Shugart
@laderafrutal.bsky.social
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Unless you are one of the Congos, that is.
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Intellectual Explorer
@driftingthrough.bsky.social
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I'd be down for a book club treatment of Machiavelli's Discourses...
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Matt "Captain Danger" Stevens
@kentallardjr.bsky.social
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Well... One is Greek, and the other is Latin, but otherwise, yeah.
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Joe Discenza
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Republic, from Latin, "things of the people"; democracy, from Greek, "rule by the people". Lincoln adds "_for_ the people".
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@aimless-melissa.bsky.social
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I mean, even without looking up the exact definition, itâs a clue that âpublicâ is right there in the word.
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yazikus
@yazikus.bsky.social
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Less well meaning ppl, like my state GOP, went ahead and adopted a resolution to stop using the word democracy altogether, lest it besmirch the goodness of our republic
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kth
@ktheintz.bsky.social
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Whenever I've encountered the distinction, it was something short of well meaning.
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@darkwebmallcop.bsky.social
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I mean North Korea is a Democratic Republic do we really want to be like them /s
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