Are we a Democracy or a Republic ? Whats your opinion ?
Tudie BN
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I also stand corrected in your description as I do realize that the former Soviet Union, was a republic, but not a democracy. We also have India, which is a democracy but not a republic. The US is both. N. Korea is neither.
Republics can also be known as an indirect democracy, meaning that we elect officials to make the laws.
http://www.sodahead.com/unite...
To be technical, ours is a *democratic* republic, in which the people directly elect representatives to higher levels of government. But the direct election of Senators threatens the republican scheme.
http://www.c4cg.org/republic.htm
The reality is that a republic is a nation that has a governmental system that does not revolve around a monarch. The Soviet Union was a republic, but certainly not a free and fair democracy. China, Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba and others are the same - republics but not free and fair democracies.
On the other hand, Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc., are Constitutional Monarchies in which the power of the Monarch has been transferred to parliaments (usually of two houses like your congress). The parliamentary representatives are elected by the people in free, open and fair elections, and generally rule in accordance with the will of their peoples. Therefore, we are democracies but not republics. The monarch's role has been reduced to ceremonial and rubber-stamping duties.
Your US is not ruled by a monarch and is, therefore, a republic. The members of your Administration and Congress are elected by the people in free, fair and open ...
The reality is that a republic is a nation that has a governmental system that does not revolve around a monarch. The Soviet Union was a republic, but certainly not a free and fair democracy. China, Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba and others are the same - republics but not free and fair democracies.
On the other hand, Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc., are Constitutional Monarchies in which the power of the Monarch has been transferred to parliaments (usually of two houses like your congress). The parliamentary representatives are elected by the people in free, open and fair elections, and generally rule in accordance with the will of their peoples. Therefore, we are democracies but not republics. The monarch's role has been reduced to ceremonial and rubber-stamping duties.
Your US is not ruled by a monarch and is, therefore, a republic. The members of your Administration and Congress are elected by the people in free, fair and open elections, to make laws and manage the national good on the people's behalf. That makes the US a representative democracy as well as a republic; or, more simply, a democratic republic.
was a devastating blow-
the senate was intended to offset the popular vote-
prevent us from becoming ...
all about popularity-
now all our reps in legislature must play to the media circus-
At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation Dr. Ben Franklin was asked by a young Lady.... "Well Dr. Franklin, what have you given us a Monarchy or a Republic?"
According to the written recording of Dr. James McHenry, a Maryland delegate, Dr. Franklin stopped and turned to the lady and so stated..........
"A Republic, IF you can keep it!"
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The Cayman Islands' political system is very stable, bolstered by a tradition of restrained civil governance with the United Kingdom. Public discussion revolves around public sector expenditure and social services, the pace of additional economic development, and the status of the large foreign national community on the islands.