Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died
by nl on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @08:36PM
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The difference between "a democracy" and "a constitutional federal republic" seems to be a distinction without meaning.
There's a certain segment who seem very adamant that this is a very important argument to win against "the left". But I've never met any "leftist" who cares particularly - most seem to shrug, concede the label and move on.
I'm pretty much in agreement. The US is a democracy in the wide sense in that it uses a democratic process to choose government. It's also true that it's a representative democracy in that the process works by people choosing representatives. So sure - constitutional federal republic.
But why does anyone think this is particularly important, and why is this seen as something that there is any left/right distinction on is beyond me.
There's a certain segment who seem very adamant that this is a very important argument to win against "the left". But I've never met any "leftist" who cares particularly - most seem to shrug, concede the label and move on.
I'm pretty much in agreement. The US is a democracy in the wide sense in that it uses a democratic process to choose government. It's also true that it's a representative democracy in that the process works by people choosing representatives. So sure - constitutional federal republic.
But why does anyone think this is particularly important, and why is this seen as something that there is any left/right distinction on is beyond me.