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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: koan who wrote (985301)12/2/2016 3:05:06 PM
From: Land Shark  Read Replies (1) of 1571057
 
RWE's love this term "Republic".... all it means is that there is no monarch, constitutional or otherwise ruling the nation. East Germany was a Republic (GDR) and was not democratic (although it had elections with no choice of candidates). Democracy is a system where the government is elected and the majority rules. There are various forms of democracy, such as the USA's federal system with its checks and balances through the four branches, or such as the UK's parliamentary system, etc., etc.. Most democratic governments have a constitution, a bill of rights, a system of courts, and some legislative bodies. No government system is purely democratic. That would mean on every issue, the government would have to have a referendum to act.

Such as it is.
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