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Old August 3rd 03, 12:41 AM
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Actually, it's a republic based on democratic principles ...

We could actually pass amendments to the constitution removing/altering such
stuff as the "right" to free speech (1st amendment.)


"Ron McKinnon" wrote in message
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"lardsoup" wrote in message
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What's your
problem - you think you're living in a democracy or something? Shut

up
and do what the government tells you like a good citizen of a facist
state.


I'm not living in a democracy. It's a republic. Fascist state? Get

real.

The USA is a democratic republic at this point. A representative
democracy. Democracy is about how the decisions are made, or the
government is chosen; a republic is one of the forms such a government can
take. Neither of these are guarantees of freedom. And fascism, though

it
is often associated with dictatorship, is more about the policies and
practices of a government, being one that 'exalts' the nation, or the

race,
perhaps, above the individual'. But whether or not such a government
becomes in the end a dictatorship, such a government could still

conceivably
have in the beginning been democratically elected.




 




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