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Don't be an idiot.

In a republic, public officials are elected. In a democracy, they are elected by the people. Nope. It's only fairly recently in the US that the majority is even eligible to vote. And in the US, many public officials are not elected - e.g. the Supreme Court, Federal prosecutors, etc.So the US is neither a pure democracy nor a pure republic.

Well "protecting" democracy by circumventing democracy is a bit like protecting the peace by going to war. There may be occasional cases where it's the lesser of two evils - but usually not.But the bigger issue here is whether or not your voting system is so fragile that it CAN be circumvented. I don't think it is, but if it was, what you should have been concerned about was fixing the system.

Grandpa was telling his grandson about what he did in the Norwegian air force during World War Two: One of dem fokkers came at me from de left and I shot him down. Den anudder one of dem fokkers came at me from de right and I shot him down. An den anudder one of dem fokkers came at me from right straight in front and I shot him down too."His grandson was eager to show how much he knew, so he said, "A Fokker is a German airplane, right Grandpa?""Dat's right. And every one of dem fokkers was a Messerschmitt."

I don't know when i ever said anything like that.The political division will continue as long as people like you sympathize with the extremists.

The Republicans staged a putsch against the USA. Is that moral or evil?