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Originally Posted by Hasbinbad
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Neither of those things are true, as they are not descriptive of the three branches of american government, which is where power is collected.
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Virtually any constitutional system that has elected representatives also has a body of unelected judges and an elected (directly or indirectly) executive. The entire premise of the government rests upon the idea of representative democracy
It is an inherently democratic system that is built upon the idea of balance of powers, and therefore is not 100% directly elected by the voice and power of individual citizens alone. 100% democracy is mob rule. 100% democracy is fucking referendums to maintain segregation in the south and to justify Prop 8 in California. We have unelected judges to call that shit out for a reason, and it's a necessary function.
It's still both a representative democracy and a constitutional republic. That's just the way the government is structured. It works imperfectly, definitely. But it doesn't negate its legal basis as having a constitution as the highest law, representatives elected by voters to create laws, an elected executive to enforce the laws, and an unelected (extremely important feature) judiciary. Bad shit happens when judges are directly elected.
"Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws."
07-17-2013, 03:11 AM
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