Kaboom@reddthat.com to Conservative@lemm.ee · 3 months agoWhy The Left Hates It When You Point Out We're 'A Republic'thefederalist.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down156
arrow-up1-41arrow-down1external-linkWhy The Left Hates It When You Point Out We're 'A Republic'thefederalist.comKaboom@reddthat.com to Conservative@lemm.ee · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·3 months ago Because democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the more concrete result of that system, democracy is frequently used when the emphasis is on the system itself. We could say that democracy is to republic as monarchyis to kingdom. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/democracy-and-republic
minus-squareBobaFuttbucker@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·3 months agoNUH UH WERE A REPUBLIC Someone somewhere in this thread, probably
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/democracy-and-republic
NUH UH WERE A REPUBLIC