I've seen a lot of stupid fucking discourse lately about righties insisting the US is a 'constitutional republic', as if that phrase means anything, and lib clapbacks about how its an democratic republic, with indirect democracy. And, like, obviously its all a meaningless debate about word definitions, since regardless of anything else the US is, technically speaking, fucked.
By is this push just wholly started by right-wingers to try to 'debunk' people wanting to get rid of the electoral college? The whole debate just seems pointless to me, as I really don't see why it would matter either way. But the way the 'debate' surged up seemingly out of nowhere makes me think its propaganda of some type, but I don't really even know what its propaganda for.
Publius is Latin. Demos is Greek. Republic and Democracy mean exactly the same fucking thing.
It's just a way for people who grew up praising Reagan to argue that the Republicans are the natural inheritor of power, or for people who grew up praising Hillary to argue that the Democrats are the true protectors of people's interests. Because of their names.
All the shades of meaning attached to the two words in this dumb argument stem from that, and none of the arguments are really intended to convince anyone but the person making them.
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