SirOsiss

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I agree with you conceptually, but disagree semantically. We are a Republic and NOT a domocracy! I]…[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention…intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism. The rigours of a despotism often…oppress only a few, but it is the very essence and nature of a democracy, for a faction claiming to oppress a minority, and that m

Reply to Campaign finance reform isn't reform in Politics JoeUser Forums

I agree with you conceptually, but disagree semantically. We are a Republic and NOT a domocracy! [blockquote] …[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention…intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism. The rigours of a despotism often…oppress only a few, but it is the very essence and nature of a democracy, for a faction claiming to oppress a minorit