I didn't ignore anything.
When you say republic or republican form of government it is understood, as it was understood by the founders, to be a representative democracy.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/republic-government
republic, form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body. Modern republics are founded on the idea that sovereignty rests with the people, though who is included and excluded from the category of the people has varied across history. Because citizens do not govern the state themselves but through representatives, republics may be distinguished from direct democracy, though modern representative democracies are by and large republics.
You are stripping our the nuance between types of democracies and making like it's an either/or choice. It is not.
Is the US a democracy? YES.
Is the US a Republic? YES.
Is the US a direct democracy? NO.
There are democratic ELEMENTS
Yup. Built in. Because republics are democracies.
Many of us view it as TREASONOUS to claim that the USA is a "democracy,"
So Reagan was a traitor? Again this argument seems to lack all nuance.
Without the checks and balances of a REPUBLICAN form of government, you end up in slavery.
Our Republican form of government allowed slavery.
Again you can all forms of republics. Dozens of countries are republics. Saddam Hussein ruled over the Republic of Iraq.
I think your argument starts talking about the character of the county more than the form or government.
Representative democracies like republics are imperfect and made up of imperfect men and women. You can have constitutional republics with crappy constitutions.
One of the reasons we have the ability to amend our Constitution.
I didn't ignore anything.
When you say republic or republican form of government it is understood, as it was understood by the founders, to be a representative democracy.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/republic-government
republic, form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body. Modern republics are founded on the idea that sovereignty rests with the people, though who is included and excluded from the category of the people has varied across history. Because citizens do not govern the state themselves but through representatives, republics may be distinguished from direct democracy, though modern representative democracies are by and large republics.
You are stripping our the nuance between types of democracies and making like it's an either/or choice. It is not.
Is the US a democracy? YES.
Is the US a Republic? YES.
Is the US a direct democracy? NO.
There are democratic ELEMENTS
Yup. Built in. Because republics are democracies.
Many of us view it as TREASONOUS to claim that the USA is a "democracy,"
So Reagan was a traitor? Again this argument seems to lack all nuance.
Without the checks and balances of a REPUBLICAN form of government, you end up in slavery.
Our Republican form or