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Re: Don't they know? Fiberguy, a democratic republic is any democracy without a monarch. There are lots of different forms of democracy that would be considered democratic republics. The parliamentary system could also be a form of government that would be a democratic republic. You don't have to have a direct democracy where all of the people make the decisions for it to still be a democratic republic. We are both a democratic republic and a representative republic since the people don't vote on all the individual issues. "We the people" isn't a form of government, it's just words from the Preamble to the Constitution. The Articles in the Constitution, not the preamble, define the foundations of our government. We are the government only in that we vote for people to represent us in making these government decisions but once those people are voted for, they don't have to vote the way the people want.
If things worked the way they were supposed to, the politicians would vote the way the people they represent wants them to but we find that is often not the case. That may be a cynical view but that is what happens. |
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Get out the tinfoil... Like anything, government has the potential for abuse, but in this case, Milwaukee (my hometown) is looking out their own. I wish the WI would do more like this and hold corporations accountable. |
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| Held accoutable for what? That is what the case is about; whether or not IPTV is the same as CATV (requiring a franchise agreement). |
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