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o_O.Q said:
"in the Trump campaign to attack American democracy"

but america is a constitutional republic... what the fuck?

jumping the gun a little early socialists

It is also a democracy by definition of it's word. A republic just means that it's not reigned by a monarch in a monarchy. Which means countries like Nazi Germany, the USSR or North Korea all fall under the republic category. A democracy means that at least part of the power is in the civilian's hands, in contrast to a dictatorship where the leader/s of the country has all the powers for him/her/themselves.

Oh, and it is a constitutional republic... just because it has a constitution. Nowadays every country has one, but at the creation of the Unites States, they where among the first to do so. Hence why in those days being a constitutional republic was a big thing, but nowadays that applies for roughly 70% of all the nations in the world.

Edit: damn, ninja'ed

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 22 April 2018