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12. November 2009, 18:08:06

Übergeek 바둑이

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Modified by Übergeek 바둑이 (12. November 2009, 18:08:25)

Artful Dodger:

> In a Democracy, if you have a majority of "stupid people" then they can rule the minority.
> In a Republic, all voices can be heard. Even a minority can pass rulings over the objections
> of the majority. It's the reason a Republican form of government is better than a Democratic form.
> They differ in that one aspect.

Not all democracies are republics, and not all republics are democracies.

The UK is a democracy, but not a republic. The Soviet Union was made of republics, but they were not democracies. I think that you are referring to James Madison's definition of a republic as a representative democracy, in contrast to a direct democracy.

Well, we can edify ourselves if we have some patience to read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic

One thing I will say, make sure you don't confuse republicanism with the Republican Party, and democracy with the Democratic Party. The names of those parties have little to do with the actual definition of republic or democracy.