SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (73329)10/9/2009 5:08:21 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 224729
 
Well we certainly are not a direct democracy, or even a "pure" representative democracy, since we do have constitutional and procedural limitations on government (diminished in practice perhaps, but they aren't gone).

But even if we where, we'd still be a republic. Which is why "not a democracy but a republic" doesn't make much sense to me, since even if you define democracy as having to be direct or very "pure", such a government would still be a republic.


HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News