• Rusty Shackleford@programming.dev
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    5 hours ago

    we’re a constitutional federal republic, with democratically elected representatives, but a plutocracy, in practice

    • me, a political science pedant of highest/worst order
    • Astra@lemmy.ml
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      As a political science pedant, can you explain to me the difference between a democracy and a constitutional republic? I tried to Google “constitutional republic” but I just got a Wikipedia page that said they were the same thing.

      Which I guess would fit, since republicans are absolute dumbfucks, but if there’s actually some nuance there, I’m curious to know.

      Thanks!