Democracy, “demos kratos” means “power of the people”.
Republic, “Res Publica” means “ruled by the people”.
They’re indeed the fucking same thing, while minutely different systems of government. It’s about as different as “how I met your mother” and “why I’m your motherfucker”.
I've heard that line mostly from the FOX consumer types. I think that there are certain words and phrases that get repeated over and over on that channel that then bleed into the public sphere. It's similar to followers of a cult.
Which isn't to say that MSNBC has been above that (i.e. with referring to Trump and his supporters as "weird" in the past election season).
Democracy, “demos kratos” means “power of the people”.
Republic, “Res Publica” means “ruled by the people”.
They’re indeed the fucking same thing, while minutely different systems of government. It’s about as different as “how I met your mother” and “why I’m your motherfucker”.
I have understood hell to be the absence of God! But I am not theologically-inclined...
“The US isn’t a democracy; it’s a republic.”
I've heard that line mostly from the FOX consumer types. I think that there are certain words and phrases that get repeated over and over on that channel that then bleed into the public sphere. It's similar to followers of a cult.
Which isn't to say that MSNBC has been above that (i.e. with referring to Trump and his supporters as "weird" in the past election season).
Yeah, in the past decade that has been the most common part of the landscape it comes from.