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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by vkou on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @07:04PM (#32656317)
You're in the small, but vocal minority of people who incorrectly believe that direct democracy is the only form of democracy that exists, or that the term 'constitutional republic' says literally anything about how a country is governed.

The US is a respresentative democracy that is also a constitutional republic.

Denmark is a representative democracy that is also a constitutional monarchy.

Canada is a representative democracy that is also an unconstitutional monarchy.

Russia is a kind-of-if-you-squint-but-not-really-representative oligarchy-slash-autocracy that is also a constitutional republic.

Whether or not a country has a constitution, or is a republic has almost no bearing on how it is actually governed.

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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by ghostwriter on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @07:22PM (#32656460)
> who incorrectly believe that direct democracy is the only form of democracy that exists

I never claimed that. You are trying to address a non-existing point.

Aslo, being in minority has never been an indicator of wrong by default, so I don't see why you had to mention it. At least I know that the US embassy also finds it important to remind everyone about the difference [1].

> or that the term 'constitutional republic' says literally anything about how a country is governed. [...] Whether or not a country has a constitution, or is a republic has almost no bearing on how it is actually governed.

It does have a significant bearing on applicability of popular vote in a given federation.

[1] https://ar.usembassy.gov/education-culture/irc/u-s-governmen...

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