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Friday, May 22, 2026

5 comments:

Sarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Taken said...

Yep. But come on, you know they didn't make it that far in school to learn about differet kinds of democracies.

CyberKitten said...

It does still surprise me sometimes. Plus its almost as if they don't *want* to live in a democracy. Isn't this where the shout of 'move to China then' comes in?

Marianne said...

You are right, a constitutional republic should be a democracy but I always said that doesn't apply to the US. Just one word: Popular vote!

CyberKitten said...

I can *kind of* understand the Electoral College from a historical perspective... but its SO undemocratic... Which is the *purpose* of course!

Marianne said...

There are so many things that should have been changed in the meantime. The second amendment, for example.