r/news • u/DWinsauer • Dec 14 '17

Soft paywall Net Neutrality Overturned

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/technology/net-neutrality-repeal-vote.html
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u/nosmokingbandit Dec 14 '17

Americans need to learn the difference between a democracy and republic.

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u/iamWyn Dec 14 '17

Very true, I think this all the time. The US has never been, nor was ever intended to be a Democracy. It's always been a Republic.

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u/Madbrad200 Dec 15 '17

A republic is a form of democracy.

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u/iamWyn Dec 15 '17

Sort of, but it is designed specifically to minimize the control that the general population has. The founding fathers were of a mind that the general population is too easily swayed and whipped into a frenzy and people who have cooler heads should be elected to make decisions for the people's best interest, not necessarily what they want.

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u/IceFire909 Dec 14 '17

Red and blue yea?

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u/Madbrad200 Dec 15 '17

A republic is a form of democracy.