• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    We don’t have a democracy, we are a constitutional republic

    This is the new battle cry of American fascism.

    The opening of the American Declaration of Independence literally states that the country is going to establish a government that derives “their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

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      I asked him what he meant by that distinction.

      “We have a constitution that lays down the laws for us. As a republic, the individual is protected. So the minority can be protected. It’s not just majority rules.”

      Agreed, so we let homosexual couples get married, pregnant women make their own health care decisions, treat transgendered people with respect, and take measures to prevent at-risk individuals from getting a deadly virus.