narwhal@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoJohnson: We're Not A Democracy, We're A "Biblical" Republic And Separation Of Church And State Isn't Realwww.joemygod.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThis “not a democracy, a republic” crap is becoming more and more popular on the right. They’re not even trying to hide the authoritarianism and fascism any more. They’re now openly saying they don’t support democracy.
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoA republic is a type of democracy. This guy is an idiot. 
minus-squarechecksout@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI just looked it up and did not find a concise definition. According to the German bpb even dictatorships can be republics. https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/lexika/lexikon-in-einfacher-sprache/250057/republik/
This “not a democracy, a republic” crap is becoming more and more popular on the right. They’re not even trying to hide the authoritarianism and fascism any more. They’re now openly saying they don’t support democracy.
A republic is a type of democracy. This guy is an idiot. 
I just looked it up and did not find a concise definition. According to the German bpb even dictatorships can be republics.
https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/lexika/lexikon-in-einfacher-sprache/250057/republik/