narwhal@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoJohnson: We're Not A Democracy, We're A "Biblical" Republic And Separation Of Church And State Isn't Realwww.joemygod.comexternal-linkmessage-square253fedilinkarrow-up1965arrow-down121
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minus-squarestolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoUntrue: Republic = no monarch or emperor Democracy = a form of choosing those who govern This is a very important distinction and you can have either with or without the other. I think that Republicans really want to say that your vote doesn’t matter.
minus-squareDarth_Reagan [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoThey mean the same shit in different languages. Republic is the latin word, and democracy is the greek word.
Untrue:
Republic = no monarch or emperor Democracy = a form of choosing those who govern
This is a very important distinction and you can have either with or without the other. I think that Republicans really want to say that your vote doesn’t matter.
They mean the same shit in different languages. Republic is the latin word, and democracy is the greek word.