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Re:Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Fac... by coldtea on Sunday November 15, 2020 @07:15AM (#25100575)
It's not a democracy, it's a federal republic.
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Re:Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Fac... by d_e_solomon on Sunday November 15, 2020 @09:21AM (#25101379)
https://reason.com/volokh/2018/01/17/the-united-states-is-bo...
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Re:Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Fac... by KMag on Sunday November 15, 2020 @08:10AM (#25100904)
It's a constitutional republic / representative democracy. Republics and democracies aren't mutually exclusive. It's certainly not a direct democracy, but that doesn't make it not a democracy.
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Re:Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Fac... by ekianjo on Sunday November 15, 2020 @08:58AM (#25101208)
In a pure democracy there is no such thing as a constitution, as in the underlying principles can be changed by the majority in power. Having a constitution leads to more stability.
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