Demolibs are in it for themselves, they don't give a hoot about this country.
In the mid-20th century the basic character of the Democratic appeal began to change, first slowly and then rapidly. In the 1930s and '40s the Democrats became a party of vigorous government intervention in the economy and in the social realm, willing to regulate and redistribute wealth and to protect those least able to help themselves in an increasingly complex society. The urban political machines had brought to the party a commitment to social welfare legislation in order to help their immigrant constitutents. At first resisted by southern Democrats and the other limited-government advocates of the party's traditional wing, the new look began to win out in the late 1920s. The depression after 1929 and the coming to power of Franklin D. Roosevelt, with his New Deal, solidified and expanded this new commitment.
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Although often used interchangeably, the terms democracy and republic are not synonymous. Both systems delegate the power to govern to their elected representatives. In a republic, however, these officials are expected to act on their own best judgment of the needs and interests of the country. The officials in a democracy more generally and directly reflect the known or ascertained views of their constituents, sometimes subordinating their own judgment.
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