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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The way I think of it is:
A democracy is a system where people decide the way their country is run, rather than a system where the decisions are made by the nobility or royalty. If the people decide what to do in a big consensus or meeting, that would be direct or pure democracy.
Because most nations are WAY too big for every person to meet together, the people elect representatives to advocate for them in the government. That system is a Republic instead of direct democracy.
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