Comments by "J Nagarya" (@jnagarya519) on "Debunking MAGA claim: \"We are a Constitutional Republic, Not a Democracy\"" video.

  1. The essence of democracy is elections. The Constitution stipulates that there SHALL be elections, and deals with apportionment of House seats.
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  2. In fact, between election John Hancock characterized democracy as "mob rule" -- which MAGA showed it is all for on January 6th. But during elections he was all for democracy. With the Constitution, the Founders didn't trust democracy but did not reject it. They institutionalized it as the House of Representatives, with the Senate as a check on its excesses.
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  3. The lie is an attack on elections.
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  4.  @JamesEdwards-g6n  It is a DEMOCRATIC republic. The essence of democracy is ELECTIONS. The Constitution expressly stipulates that there SHALL be elections. The "Pledge of Allegiance" is not law; it is right-wing propaganda.
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  5.  @mabainter  Jefferson was a slave-owning aristocrat -- among the 1 per cent of the time. A fake populist given to the privilege -- his slaves did all the heavy lifting -- of sitting on his *ss and hypothesizing. His encouragement of the French Revolution resulted in a bloodbath when the various factions of "revolutionaries" turned on each other. See the HBO miniseries "John Adams": Jefferson and Franklin were in Paris hobnobbing with the French 1 per cent while John Adams was doing the real work of getting things done.
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  6. "I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls. There must be decency and respect.” -- John Adams
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