I’m almost 50. I said the pledge of allegiance every day. Our education system is so messed up that they didn’t bother to explain what it meant.
Hell, I’m old enough that I also sang ‘Zippity Doo Dah ‘ every day also. Plus, we had the strap in school. Teachers and principals taking their anger out on 10 years olds. That was weird.
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A democratic government is one where the people elect their leaders and vote on laws. A true democracy means the people vote on every law. A republic is a form of democracy that recognizes that the layman knows nothing about legislation, law, regulation, logistics, etc. So instead we entrust the people to vote for somebody to make those decisions for them. It, in theory, legend demagogues from being elected as well, but we know that’s not true now.
The very short answer is that a republic is a democracy with elected representatives to vote on most laws and regulations.
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