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Are we a democracy or a Republic? Do you know your rights? Power of government? We were given a Republic by the founding fathers, watch the vid and tell me if you think our Republic is surviving...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmzldNFgD40 |
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Are we a democracy or a Republic? Do you know your rights? Power of government? We were given a Republic by the founding fathers, watch the vid and tell me if you think our Republic is surviving...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmzldNFgD40 We? Define "We". Mingle2 is an international website with members living in a variety of nations. |
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Edited by
Sojourning_Soul
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Mon 05/13/13 02:18 PM
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Are we a democracy or a Republic? Do you know your rights? Power of government? We were given a Republic by the founding fathers, watch the vid and tell me if you think our Republic is surviving...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmzldNFgD40 We? Define "We". Mingle2 is an international website with members living in a variety of nations. I can see where some might need a post from a US citizen with a link to a US website explained more clearly. My apologies |
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We are, in reality, a democratic republic.
When this country was started communications system weren't even close to what they are today so the founding fathers designed a system in which they thought all citizens would have their say in how the country is governed. |
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We are, in reality, a democratic republic. When this country was started communications system weren't even close to what they are today so the founding fathers designed a system in which they thought all citizens would have their say in how the country is governed. Again, this website is an international website with an audience scattered throughout six continents. So, if you do not specify what nation that you are referring to, then your statements will come across as being ethnocentric. |
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Are we a democracy or a Republic? Do you know your rights? Power of government? We were given a Republic by the founding fathers, watch the vid and tell me if you think our Republic is surviving...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmzldNFgD40 We? Define "We". Mingle2 is an international website with members living in a variety of nations. I can see where some might need a post from a US citizen with a link to a US website explained more clearly. My apologies Others don't necessarily know what your nationality is without you referring to it in your posts. |
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Haha it's like this dead match:
*Free trade stops wars* vs *Support our troops* |
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Edited by
HotRodDeluxe
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Mon 05/13/13 04:44 PM
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Are we a democracy or a Republic? The US is both, a republic with elected representatives. The word 'Republic' doesn't define a political system (Res Publicae, 'matters' or 'affairs' of the people, Latin). China is a 'Peoples' Republic and Rome was once a Republic, but it was ruled by an oligarchy. |
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Are we a democracy or a Republic? The US is both, a republic with elected representatives. The word 'Republic' doesn't define a political system (Res Publicae, 'matters' or 'affairs' of the people, Latin). China is a 'Peoples' Republic and Rome was once a Republic, but it was ruled by an oligarchy. Didn't watch the video did you? |
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Edited by
JustDukkyMkII
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Tue 05/14/13 01:36 AM
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In reality the whole world is (lawfully) a free republic and a single "nation" (humanity) governed by the rule of law (natural law)...At least it would be if everyone behaved lawfully.
(of course until you guys grow feathers, us ducks will always be a separate nation.) 
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In reality the whole world is (lawfully) a free republic and a single "nation" (humanity) governed by the rule of law (natural law)...At least it would be if everyone behaved lawfully. (of course until you guys grow feathers, us ducks will always be a separate nation.)
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Edited by
Conrad_73
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Tue 05/14/13 02:17 AM
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In reality the whole world is (lawfully) a free republic and a single "nation" (humanity) governed by the rule of law (natural law)...At least it would be if everyone behaved lawfully. (of course until you guys grow feathers, us ducks will always be a separate nation.)
Site-Hickup! |
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We are, in reality, a democratic republic. When this country was started communications system weren't even close to what they are today so the founding fathers designed a system in which they thought all citizens would have their say in how the country is governed. |
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Edited by
HappyBun
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Tue 05/14/13 02:41 AM
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Constitutional theory defines a timocracy as either
a state where only property owners may participate in government, or a government in which love of honor is the ruling principle.[1] The more extreme forms of timocracy, where power derives from wealth rather than honor, may shift in their form and become a plutocracy where the wealthy and powerful use their power to entrench their wealth. One could apply this system to quite a few countries I would imagine. We could invent a new system and call it "GEORGETOCRACY" SOROS WOULD BE PLEASED |
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In reality the whole world is (lawfully) a free republic and a single "nation" (humanity) governed by the rule of law (natural law)...At least it would be if everyone behaved lawfully. (of course until you guys grow feathers, us ducks will always be a separate nation.)
Think of me as a unionist-separatist-collectivist-individualist.
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Constitutional theory defines a timocracy as either a state where only property owners may participate in government, or a government in which love of honor is the ruling principle.[1] The more extreme forms of timocracy, where power derives from wealth rather than honor, may shift in their form and become a plutocracy where the wealthy and powerful use their power to entrench their wealth. One could apply this system to quite a few countries I would imagine. We could invent a new system and call it "GEORGETOCRACY" SOROS WOULD BE PLEASED |
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Definition of REPUBLIC
1 a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government b (1) : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government c : a usually specified republican government of a political unit <the French Fourth Republic> 2 : a body of persons freely engaged in a specified activity <the republic of letters> 3 : a constituent political and territorial unit of the former nations of Czechoslovakia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Yugoslavia See republic defined for English-language learners » See republic defined for kids » Examples of REPUBLIC <when asked by a passerby what sort of government the constitutional convention had formulated for the new nation, Benjamin Franklin memorably replied, “A republic, if you can keep it”> Origin of REPUBLIC French république, from Middle French republique, from Latin respublica, from res thing, wealth + publica, feminine of publicus public — more at real, public First Known Use: 1604 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/republic ================================================================== |
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Definition of DEMOCRACY
1 a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections 2 : a political unit that has a democratic government 3 capitalized : the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the United States <from emancipation Republicanism to New Deal Democracy — C. M. Roberts> 4 : the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority 5 : the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges See democracy defined for English-language learners » See democracy defined for kids » Examples of DEMOCRACY The nation has chosen democracy over monarchy. In a democracy, every citizen should have the right to vote. The company is not a democracy; decisions are made by a board of directors, not the workers. There is democracy within the company. Democracy, I would repeat, is the noblest form of government we have yet evolved … —Norman Mailer, New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2002 [+]more Origin of DEMOCRACY Middle French democratie, from Late Latin democratia, from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos + -kratia -cracy First Known Use: 1576 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy ============================================================== |
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Edited by
adj4u
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Tue 05/14/13 10:26 AM
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we have a constitutional based democratic republic a true democracy would place the wants of the majority above the rights of the minority thus enters the bill of rights protecting the minority it usually works but many times takes to long to do so one of the best examples in today's U.S. is gay marriage i may not like it but i will support it, why be cause the constitution protects the rights of the minority. i have yet to hear a nonreligious argument for preventing it from being permitted. someone once told of anal penetration being a health risk but when i asked does that mean hetro. couples should be punished for that act the answer was no. what is the difference so till a good convincing argument can be made without the use of religion i will be and i should be on the ok side and will be what about you |
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