Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, writes columnist Danny Westneat.
Well, the US is currently a Democratic Republic, not a democracy.
Not sure how that fits the context, but the GOP has been pro-republic forever… it’s even in the name.
I’ve always found it humorous that a nation that’s a Democratic Republic has essentially two political parties, one called the Democrats and the other the Republicans. Someone needs to start a Democratic Republican party as a third option.
More liberal ideologies are about cooperation, compromise and the greater whole. More conservative ideologies are about preservation, conservation and sacrificing for the greater good.
So the only agreement will be where those mindsets overlap. And when one party is actively courting populism and fascism, that overlap is pretty slim.
Liberalism is not concerned with “the greater whole,” liberalism is founded on individual rights and freedoms, as well as private property. Conservatives are generally far-right populist or fascist liberals.
The US is a representative democracy. Republic just means no monarch, so sure, it’s that, but that doesn’t actually say much about how it’s government functions. It’s governmental functions are carried out by representatives voted on in elections, thus democracy.
It wasn’t all that long ago that republicans were using democracy as an excuse to invade other countries. It was clearly sometime after Bush when they started rejecting the idea of democracy.
Democracy means some citizens get to vote, generally it’s the ones who aren’t slaves. In America they recently extended the vote to their nonwhite population, but the popular vote doesn’t do anything and the only parties allowed in national politics have no interest in representing anything other than their donors.
Well, the US is currently a Democratic Republic, not a democracy.
Not sure how that fits the context, but the GOP has been pro-republic forever… it’s even in the name.
I’ve always found it humorous that a nation that’s a Democratic Republic has essentially two political parties, one called the Democrats and the other the Republicans. Someone needs to start a Democratic Republican party as a third option.
Ah yes, The People’s Front of Judea and The Judean People’s Front.
When can we go past this, and agree on policies, instead of bickering about clubs.
Well there’s the problem.
More liberal ideologies are about cooperation, compromise and the greater whole. More conservative ideologies are about preservation, conservation and sacrificing for the greater good.
So the only agreement will be where those mindsets overlap. And when one party is actively courting populism and fascism, that overlap is pretty slim.
Liberalism is not concerned with “the greater whole,” liberalism is founded on individual rights and freedoms, as well as private property. Conservatives are generally far-right populist or fascist liberals.
The US is a representative democracy. Republic just means no monarch, so sure, it’s that, but that doesn’t actually say much about how it’s government functions. It’s governmental functions are carried out by representatives voted on in elections, thus democracy.
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It wasn’t all that long ago that republicans were using democracy as an excuse to invade other countries. It was clearly sometime after Bush when they started rejecting the idea of democracy.
Democracy is an umbrella term meaning that citizens get to vote. A republic is a sub category of a democracy. The US is a democratic republic.
Democracy means some citizens get to vote, generally it’s the ones who aren’t slaves. In America they recently extended the vote to their nonwhite population, but the popular vote doesn’t do anything and the only parties allowed in national politics have no interest in representing anything other than their donors.
By recent do you mean 1776?
Not unless you’re talking about the 3/5 compromise for their slaves?
Women, Non-Whites, White non-landowners, and prisoners don’t count?
Do you have any historical background on America, or do you just vibe a position into your personal belief and hope stating it makes it real?