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ghotiblue
12-15-2007, 02:08 PM
This needs to be read by every American.

http://www.devvy.com/pdf/larosa/larosa_democracy_or_republic.pdf
Mesogen
12-15-2007, 02:28 PM
The term "Republic" simply means a country without a hereditary monarch. That's it. England is not a republic, but China is.

Now, you can be a totalitarian, one party dictatorship and still be a republic, or you can be a democracy and still be a republic.

A democracy is a type of republic. This is the type we have in the US.

Thank you, and goodnight.
DrRich
12-15-2007, 02:36 PM
The term "Republic" simply means a country without a hereditary monarch. That's it. .

not really.

you left out some very important parts.
Mesogen
12-15-2007, 02:47 PM
not really.

you left out some very important parts.

Ok. The important part is that people (in theory) have a say in what their government does. You accomplish this through...(the D word)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic


Concepts of democracy
Republics are often associated with democracy, which seems natural if one acknowledges the meaning of the expression from which the word "republic" derives (see: res publica).
It's all semantics anyway.
Mesogen
12-15-2007, 02:53 PM
I think this wiki article explains a lot in terms of American "democracy."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonian_democracy

Prior to this era, very few people were allowed to vote. Nowadays, damn near everyone over the age of 18 is eligible. Which one do you prefer?

Would you like less democracy than we have today and revert back to the way it was in the beginning or would you like to vote for Ron Paul?
ghotiblue
12-15-2007, 03:09 PM
I think the point is not so much the semantics, or what the term "republic" has come to mean, but more of how our government was meant to work (what "republic" originally meant) as opposed to how it is operating now ("democracy").
Richandler
12-15-2007, 04:18 PM
It doesn't matter what type of government you have. As long as it is small and stays out of the affairs of the people while up holding liberty it will be a prosperous nation. Case in point Hong Kong, though not a nation. The british just let whatever happen and it grew to be like New York a matter of 20 years.
ghotiblue
12-16-2007, 01:32 AM
bump

This is an interesting essay. I would like to see some more discussion on this.