Republics ARE democracies

Paul Newkirk –

…Ben Franklin declared they had created a republic, not a democracy….

The opposite of “republic” is “monarchy” (or dictatorship) and yes, the people around Ben Franklin were pleased to see that the delegates had not created another monarchy. Ben did NOT say that that it was not a democracy.

Obviously, monarchies are run by sovereign Kings, while republics are instead run by the sovereign People entity.

The original word for republic was “ras publica,” or “thing of the people, ” while the original word for monarchy was “monarkhia’ or “rule of one.”

The ONLY way to determine how the sovereign “People entity” wants to govern on any matter is to ask them to vote on it, which quite automatically makes a republic ALSO a democracy.

Therefore, ALL true republics are ALSO democracies, otherwise they could not function at all.