From Merriam Webster:
of or relating to a republic, rather than to a monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, etc. of or relating to a republic, rather than to a monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, etc.I'm curious how many of us know that the US is a republic and of them how many know what that means.
This is rather humorous almost as the term is essentially meaningless in a world where republicanism won the day and democracy is almost everywhere.
A word that appears to provide validity for the Republican party in its anti elite roots - despite the party being the party of the elite now.
That's both problematic and completely unnecessary to even mention.
America is a Democracy. The Republican Party is on its last legs - republicanism, as it can only be interpreted by most Americans, as the ideology of Republicans ;) - also dead.
I'm hoping for at least 2 generations where people are so triggered by the words conservative and the ilk - that we again learn why that's actually a good thing, when used appropriately, sometimes. Very conditionally.
I personally am very sick of treading water as a society and civilization. Evolutionarily speaking, stagnant life, is dead already.
Don't know, don't care.
Educated, high-IQ people know what it means. The kind I was targeting my original comment to. Because it's HN. I expected people knew what it means on here. And apparently the educated, high-IQ ones do.