lockmat Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Call me stupid, but I did not know the difference and have always heard people say that the USA is a democracy. But after watching this video, it has made my eyes wide open, and it has made me very happy to be a part of this country. This will change the way I look at national, state and local issues. Maybe we can discuss how this related to some of local issues as of late and see if the government acted in the right manner.http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Interesting. I also have believed the terms were interchangeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Somebody asked me about this the other day, and this is the diagram I made them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Since when did this cease being taught in junior high??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Since when did this cease being taught in junior high??? I don't know about you but it's been a loooong time since I was in junior high. And I wasn't exactly the brightest or observant student either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 I don't know about you but it's been a loooong time since I was in junior high. And I wasn't exactly the brightest or observant student either. ...and government isn't exactly the most popular or interesting class at that age either. also, i bet if you polled most americans, more than 85% would not know this, and if they said republic, half of them would have been guesses. let's ask people around our offices and see what they know. ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 also, i bet if you polled most americans, more than 85% would not know this, and if they said republic, half of them would have been guesses.let's ask people around our offices and see what they know. ;PHell, I bet if you asked most Americans, they wouldn't know the United States is in North America.I'm pretty confident several of my colleagues are among them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 But I thought Canada was in North America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hell, I bet if you asked most Americans, they wouldn't know the United States is in North America. I'm pretty confident several of my colleagues are among them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Call me stupid, but I did not know the difference and have always heard people say that the USA is a democracy. But after watching this video, it has made my eyes wide open, and it has made me very happy to be a part of this country. This will change the way I look at national, state and local issues. Maybe we can discuss how this related to some of local issues as of late and see if the government acted in the right manner.http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/If we were really a republic as described in the video, gay marriage would be legalized by now. Instead we have majority rule deciding on the rights of minorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 bs flag.Most insightful post ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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