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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It’s a nation that is not ruled by a monarch. In the UK and other countries with a monarchy, a “rebublican” is someone who wants to end all political connections to the monarchy.
It’s a nation that is not ruled by a monarch. In the UK and other countries with a monarchy, a “rebublican” is someone who wants to end all political connections to the monarchy.
The easiest definition is a country that doesn’t have a monarch. Democracy in it’s literal sense means direct majority rule. However when most people say Democracy, it’s just shorthand for free people with representative government, and the consent of the governed. This includes non-republics like the UK.
The easiest definition is a country that doesn’t have a monarch. Democracy in it’s literal sense means direct majority rule. However when most people say Democracy, it’s just shorthand for free people with representative government, and the consent of the governed. This includes non-republics like the UK.
The easiest definition is a country that doesn’t have a monarch. Democracy in it’s literal sense means direct majority rule. However when most people say Democracy, it’s just shorthand for free people with representative government, and the consent of the governed. This includes non-republics like the UK.
Strictly speaking to be a Republic, you need to have had a revolt, typically against a head of state e.g. King, tyrant, dictator etc who held (in the opinion of the rebels) absolute power, and replaced them with something in which power is then shared between more than one person. Of course in practice this isn’t often how it’s done, hence things like the GDR back in the day, and the Peopel’s Republic of China / Republic of Chines (PRC/ROC) both of whom use the word Republic despite the ROC having been a dictatorship for a significant period of it’s existence and so on
The democractic bit is, as said elsewhere, entierly optional and often a clue that the country is not, in fact, democractic e.g. North Korea being the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
A Republic is a type of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf. The United States is a Republic, which means that our representatives are elected by the people to make decisions on our behalf.
Strictly speaking to be a Republic, you need to have had a revolt, typically against a head of state e.g. King, tyrant, dictator etc who held (in the opinion of the rebels) absolute power, and replaced them with something in which power is then shared between more than one person. Of course in practice this isn’t often how it’s done, hence things like the GDR back in the day, and the Peopel’s Republic of China / Republic of Chines (PRC/ROC) both of whom use the word Republic despite the ROC having been a dictatorship for a significant period of it’s existence and so on
The democractic bit is, as said elsewhere, entierly optional and often a clue that the country is not, in fact, democractic e.g. North Korea being the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
A Republic is a type of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf. The United States is a Republic, which means that our representatives are elected by the people to make decisions on our behalf.
A Republic is a type of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf. The United States is a Republic, which means that our representatives are elected by the people to make decisions on our behalf.
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