• uis@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I’m just thinking. Isn’t republic fancy word for representative democracy? As opposed to direct democracy.

    In representative democracy people vote for people who vote for law, while in direct democracy people vote for law.

    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 months ago

      There’s a big distinction between being republican and capital-R Republican, and between being pro-democracy and a capital-D Democrat