re: #124 KGxvi

In fairness, the Framers/Founders were fairly skeptical of democracy, at least as they understood it at the time. There’s a reason why the only directly elected offices in the federal government were in the House of Representatives. Everything else was sort of an indirect election - you voted for state legislators who then picked Senators and/or Presidential Electors. Of course, the problem with those indirect elections was that the central issue in state legislative races quickly became “who are you going to appoint as senators and electors?” So most legislatures pretty quickly established “advisory” elections for both positions.

But the entire point of a representative republic is that it is based on democratic principles and the consent of the governed.

The Republicans talk about Republic and disparage democracy because if the majority had its way, ther GOP would not be a viable party. They can only survive because of the Republican aspect of the government (ie based on marks on a map, as in the Senate or in gerrymandered districts).

They use the term Republic to justify minority rule.