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Yet, here we are, with the potential of him to be the next president of the country (again). :/
I think you mean the next king of your failed democracy.
This.
100%
Genuine curiosity, I thought we collectively agreed not to bring "This", and other underwhelmimg comments, to Lemmy. Why does this "This" have so many upvotes? Why not just upvote the OP of the thread? Is it a demographic thing? Is Lemmy gaining enough popularity that the Upvoters are unaware of the history of Lemmy's complaints against Reddit that led to (in our view as) its downfall? Or does "This" and it's related Upvoters mean Lemmy bots and Lemmy farms are already rampant?
Edit: Or, looking at the post history, maybe this was bait for me and I gobbled it up. If DMs are a thing here and anyone has recommendations for positive and enriching communities, I'm keen to explore and find fulfilling engagement! Getting a bit disenchanted by Lemmy/the internet in general. Are niche hobby communities the only wholesome, silly spaces left on the internet? The irony is not lost on me that my post is negative in itself. Just trying to find a place with good people to feel a bit of belonging.
This.
and the first king in the idiomonarchy.
Never was one. Kinda exactly what led us here.
I'm not from the US but even that kinda offended me. To say that there has never been democracy in the US, clearly judged by your very narrow view of history is incredibly ignorant.
How old are you?
If you really want to get into it, there was a great paper showing that by definition we're much closer to an oligarchy, than a democracy or republic.
Link to paper
BBC article
The Nation
The US has always been a representative republic. For much of that time, it was representative of only a fraction of a fraction of the whole population.
"Uh... uh... eyes dart to the side 21 gulps.
That's an ignorant, illiterate and pedantic puerile answer.
That whole "republic" bullshit is....bullshit.
The USA, as of today, is a FAILED democracy.
What point in history would you pin as American government being representative of it's population. It was failed from the start.
Baby's first thesaurus?
An argument I'm sure you'll support in your next replies.
Sorry for your loss.
Saying that the US isn’t a democracy because it’s a representative republic is like saying a shape isn’t a rectangle because it’s a square.
We aren’t a direct democracy. But in a representative republic power still stems from the people voting (ostensibly). Demoi (δῆμοι) meaning “peoples” and kratos (κράτος) meaning “power,” we get “democracy.” Power from the people.
And how are those representatives chosen, perhaps in some elections like in, I dunno, a representative democracy
Democracies will most likely always have flaws, I think it makes more sense to compare it to other systems in the same historical context than to apply a current vision of what a democracy should be.
While technically true, and for more reasons than you displayed knowledge of in the comments below (e.g., we really seem more of a "plutocracy", where regardless of which side gets elected, the wealthy get their way outside of the legal system), it is also besides the point. We used to have more elements of democratic choices, like we were at least on the spectrum. Until Monday at least...
The US system is a representative democracy. How well that system works is another matter.
Pedantry got you here.