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BonsackHoo

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This argument is scary because of how people use it.


It is mostly used as:

(1) A defense of institutions that distribute power unequally; ie the electoral college and the over representation of rural states in the Senate (note: we could still have a “Republic” without either of these features); and

(2) A defense of unpopular policy choices. Want gun control? Suck it we live in a republic.

It is also used by people who have a messiah complex and think that their policies are correct even if deeply unpopular (it is being frequently used by anti-maskers to say that mask laws are illegitimate).

There is of course a risk of tyrannical rule by the majority and our system has several checks to minimize that rule. But the “we are a republic not a democracy” canard is being used more frequently to justify unaccountable rule by a minority. That is the bigger problem in 2020


[Post edited by BonsackHoo at 10/08/2020 09:49AM]

(In response to this post by Shenhoo)

Posted: 10/08/2020 at 09:47AM



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