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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I read a book many years ago from about 1830. The author traveled Europe and described his experience. He mentioned in Venice when lightning storms would happen, the Venetians would place a bag over their heads, go outside, and shout at the storms.
As an aside, on my coffee table right now, I have a large basket of beads that are Venetian. Many were manufactured from 1780 to 1850 but some date back to the 1400s.
If beads are your thing, check out the book ‘ The History of Beads from 100,000 BCE to the Present’ by Lois Sher Dubin. I’ve been around trade beads all of my life and this is an excellent resource.
Thanks for your comment BTW.
A republic has two features.
a. It has a body of representatives (two in the US, the Senate and the House) which has the legislative power (the power to make laws).
b. It has a head of state that’s not a king.
Note that these representatives do not have to be elected by the people (unlike a democracy), but can be there as representatives of The Party (as they are in China, a one-party state) or the representatives of wealthy and prominent families (such as the medieval and renaissance merchant republics).
I read a book many years ago from about 1830. The author traveled Europe and described his experience. He mentioned in Venice when lightning storms would happen, the Venetians would place a bag over their heads, go outside, and shout at the storms.
As an aside, on my coffee table right now, I have a large basket of beads that are Venetian. Many were manufactured from 1780 to 1850 but some date back to the 1400s.
If beads are your thing, check out the book ‘ The History of Beads from 100,000 BCE to the Present’ by Lois Sher Dubin. I’ve been around trade beads all of my life and this is an excellent resource.
Thanks for your comment BTW.
I read a book many years ago from about 1830. The author traveled Europe and described his experience. He mentioned in Venice when lightning storms would happen, the Venetians would place a bag over their heads, go outside, and shout at the storms.
As an aside, on my coffee table right now, I have a large basket of beads that are Venetian. Many were manufactured from 1780 to 1850 but some date back to the 1400s.
If beads are your thing, check out the book ‘ The History of Beads from 100,000 BCE to the Present’ by Lois Sher Dubin. I’ve been around trade beads all of my life and this is an excellent resource.
Thanks for your comment BTW.
I see many wrong answers here. From a politological standpoint the main difference between a republic and other forms of government is the separation of powers (judicial, executive, legislative) and the rule of law and not the source from where the rulers derive their powers and legitimacy. Democracy and republican form of government almost always coincide but not necessarily in every instance. For example you could have an oligarchic republic or a democratic monarchy (where the king is elected rather than passing the crown to the next in line).
Republics are lots of little things that make up one big thing. We have the states (little things) that make up the the United States (big thing). The little things can make there own laws and govern semi independent of the big thing. A “true” democracy would be all the people at the bottom are horizontally at the same level and there is vertically one level above them if elected officials. Each person in a democracy would get the same say (my vote is as powerful as your vote) in who sits in power about them. In our republic depending on where you live, your vote could be worth more or less than my vote. Star Wars dies a great job of portraying a large republic, all the plants govern themselves and have queens, presidents, leaders, but they all rolled up to the leader of the senate regardless of if they voted that way or not.
I see many wrong answers here. From a politological standpoint the main difference between a republic and other forms of government is the separation of powers (judicial, executive, legislative) and the rule of law and not the source from where the rulers derive their powers and legitimacy. Democracy and republican form of government almost always coincide but not necessarily in every instance. For example you could have an oligarchic republic or a democratic monarchy (where the king is elected rather than passing the crown to the next in line).
Republics are lots of little things that make up one big thing. We have the states (little things) that make up the the United States (big thing). The little things can make there own laws and govern semi independent of the big thing. A “true” democracy would be all the people at the bottom are horizontally at the same level and there is vertically one level above them if elected officials. Each person in a democracy would get the same say (my vote is as powerful as your vote) in who sits in power about them. In our republic depending on where you live, your vote could be worth more or less than my vote. Star Wars dies a great job of portraying a large republic, all the plants govern themselves and have queens, presidents, leaders, but they all rolled up to the leader of the senate regardless of if they voted that way or not.
I see many wrong answers here. From a politological standpoint the main difference between a republic and other forms of government is the separation of powers (judicial, executive, legislative) and the rule of law and not the source from where the rulers derive their powers and legitimacy. Democracy and republican form of government almost always coincide but not necessarily in every instance. For example you could have an oligarchic republic or a democratic monarchy (where the king is elected rather than passing the crown to the next in line).
Republics are lots of little things that make up one big thing. We have the states (little things) that make up the the United States (big thing). The little things can make there own laws and govern semi independent of the big thing. A “true” democracy would be all the people at the bottom are horizontally at the same level and there is vertically one level above them if elected officials. Each person in a democracy would get the same say (my vote is as powerful as your vote) in who sits in power about them. In our republic depending on where you live, your vote could be worth more or less than my vote. Star Wars dies a great job of portraying a large republic, all the plants govern themselves and have queens, presidents, leaders, but they all rolled up to the leader of the senate regardless of if they voted that way or not.
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