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Originally Posted by AzTheta
Thank you GeorgiaGreek. I keep banging that drum, and no one seems to get it. We're in a republic, people.
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My then-14-year-old from the back of the car one night last spring: "You know, nobody understands how our government works. They think we have a democracy, and that's just wrong. If we had a democracy, everybody would get a vote on everything."
"So what kind of government do we have?," I asked.
"A republic," he answered. "A federal, democratic republic. A constitutional, federal, democratic republic."
My = very proud.
On a different topic, I highly recommend listening to this past weekend's This American Life:
Red State Blue State. The blurb:
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Everyone knows that politics is now so divided in our country that not only do the 2 sides disagree on the solutions to the country’s problems, they don’t even agree on what the problems are. It’s 2 versions of the world in collision. This week we hear from people who’ve seen this infect their personal lives. They’ve lost friends. They’ve become estranged from family members.
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There's also an interesting story on polarization and the squeeze on the middle (as much between Republicans as between Republicans and Democrats) in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.