Charlie, I love you the most, but please don’t say, “[W]e are not a democracy.” That’s inaccurate. A republic is a democracy (government by the people). It an indirect democracy. We vote for representatives who make laws on our behalf, rather than voting directly on laws. That’s the distinction m. But please don’t adopt the Mike Lee gasl…
Charlie, I love you the most, but please don’t say, “[W]e are not a democracy.” That’s inaccurate. A republic is a democracy (government by the people). It an indirect democracy. We vote for representatives who make laws on our behalf, rather than voting directly on laws. That’s the distinction m. But please don’t adopt the Mike Lee gaslighting posture that, because we are a republic, the will of the majority doesn’t matter. The Madisonian model is “majority rule, minority rights.” But the people remain sovereign.
Charlie, I love you the most, but please don’t say, “[W]e are not a democracy.” That’s inaccurate. A republic is a democracy (government by the people). It an indirect democracy. We vote for representatives who make laws on our behalf, rather than voting directly on laws. That’s the distinction m. But please don’t adopt the Mike Lee gaslighting posture that, because we are a republic, the will of the majority doesn’t matter. The Madisonian model is “majority rule, minority rights.” But the people remain sovereign.