• Forester@pawb.social
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    10 days ago

    I find it interesting that to you the definitions have changed and what I was taught in school 20 years ago is no longer accurate.

    Words have meanings. In a democracy your vote is direct. In a republic your vote is not direct but you are passing your power onto representatives who will wield and control your power on your behalf.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      9 days ago

      The term is ‘representative democracy’.

      A ‘republic’ is any formal state that isn’t a monarchy.