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elwoodblues
10-04-2004, 09:44 AM
Why do we keep fighting to bring democracy to the world when we still have people here strongly arguing that we live in a republic, not a democracy. Maybe we should be fighting to bring republics to the world.
This democracy/republic argument is silly. They are related terms.
A republic is a form of democracy. Our country is too big to have a national town meeting to decide issues, so we elect representatives to act on our behalf.
Not all democracies are republics, but the USA is both a democracy and a republic.
Since the US is a democracy, and a democracy is a good thing, why shouldn't we help the people of the world who also want to live in a democracy?
Oh, and btw, the form of democracy we are helping people live under is that of a Republic. So, Elwood, we are bringing Republics to the world. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
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