Defend this

>I just took PoliSci 101 last term and I know better
Fuck off cunt, you sound stupid.

Expanding even further on representative democracy, there are two forms: a constitutional monarchy (e.g. United Kingdom) and a constitutional republic (e.g. United States). Constitutional monarchies are also known as limited monarchies and they are essentially the metamorphosis from an absolute monarchy (i.e. rule of royalty) to a representative democracy through a constitution (i.e. rule of law). Constitutional monarchy is defined as a form of monarchical government where the monarch’s powers are limited by law or by a formal constitution, which allows the government to have a representative democracy. Constitutional republic is defined as a form of representative democratic government where the government’s powers are limited by law or a formal constitution, and does not have a monarch as a head of state.

Regarding the Founding Fathers: yes, they frequently did voice their disdain of (big “D”) Democracy as well as praised the idea of our country as a Republic. The Founders simply did not trust the people to directly create policy out of the fear of a majority rule, or mob rule. However, their fear was/is justified because a majority rule does have the potential to infringe on a minority group’s rights.

This.

>people who occupy 5% of the landmass of a country should rule over the other 95% just because they have 51% of the population

cityfags should get nuked

The problem is that language evolves over time and alternate words can have the same definition as another word in the past. To clarify, the terms representative democracy and pure democracy were not used during the time of the Founding Fathers. Their definition of (big “D”) Democracy is the same definition of a pure democracy and their definition of a Republic is the same definition of a representative democracy. The reason why terms are different today is to provide clarification as well as to simplify the issue of democracy having two definitions. Be careful when reading terms in the past. The terms are NOT important; what DEFINES them are. Definitions usually transcend time while words change. Words either lose all meaning and/or adopt a new meaning. If you trace the definitions from then to now, you will be able to connect the dots to the modern word.

Now some may say, “Wait a minute, a Republic is a rule of law, not a rule of people!” You are correct, at least in the classical sense. In modern times, rule of law is an extra component through a constitution, which is defined as a set of fundamental principles according to which a state is governed. At the time, a republic was at default defined to be a “rule of law.”

I cannot defend millions of illegals and dead people voting for Hillary.

why is Massachusetts always on this list, our state doesn't have that big a population

PRO TIP : ILLEGAL ALIENS = VOTER FRAUD

Today, the simplest definition of a republic is a government where offices of the state, such as the Head of State, is elected or appointed rather than inherited (i.e. a monarch). Basically, any government that does not have a monarch as a Head of State is a republic, which means a (small “r”) republican government can be either democratic or authoritarian. As defined, we know that the presence of a constitution acts as a safeguard to protect the rights of all citizens in a democratic society, which helps to prevent a republic from becoming a dictatorship. There are over a 140 countries today that refer to themselves officially as a republic, but not all of them are truly free and provide a democratic process. Cuba is officially known as the Republic of Cuba, and yet Cuba has a single-party rule. Therefore, a republic does NOT automatically guarantee a nation as being a “rule of law.”

So, next time you hear someone say, “American democracy” or “democracy in action”, they are perhaps referring to a representative democracy for the former and the umbrella term (small “d”) democracy for the latter. There is nothing wrong with that and just as appropriate as is referring to our country as a constitutional republic, which is simply more specific than the other terms. The United States of America IS a democracy, a representative democracy, and a constitutional republic. It is NOT a pure democracy (for the most part; see above). This is a great phrase to sum EVERYTHING up:

“All constitutional republics are democracies, but not all democracies are constitutional republics.” (An analogy: All Siberian Huskies are dogs, but not all dogs are Siberian Huskies.)

3 million illegals voted.That means Trump won by 1 million.