Democracy Vs Republic | What's the difference between a Democracy and Republic? Democracy Explained

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  • @Nerbly
    @Nerbly 3 місяці тому +21

    So a Republic gives people rights that can't be infringed upon, and a pure democracy doesn't. Thank you, forefathers. For the constitution and the USA republic.

  • @RMNornes
    @RMNornes 2 роки тому +173

    I know I'm repeating many others before me here, but it must be said. Thank you for basic, straightforward educational materials without bias or agenda (other than education 🙂). Its nearly impossible to find this these days, and I REALLY respect your efforts and content!

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  2 роки тому +13

      Thank you so much! It really helps contribute to the motivation to continue making more videos when I know people are appreciating them. Thanks for watching!

    • @spacecat8230
      @spacecat8230 2 роки тому

      ok

    • @XLava_
      @XLava_ Рік тому

      And it's in our national anthem

    • @warlord8954
      @warlord8954 Рік тому

      @@IllustratetoEducate Except you're wrong. As I demonstrated with my comment, and historical sources. I didn't even get into the words, quotes, and writings of the Founding Fathers and the Framers. I didn't cite John Locke, William Blackstone, Montesquieu, Madison, Hamilton, Eldridge Gerry, and so many more. Not to mention the Anti-Federalists. You're putting out bad information that will continue to allow those seeking to subvert the beliefs, values, traditions, and the Constitutional Rule of Law, and pervert it into something it was never meant to be.

    • @tommyebunn5121
      @tommyebunn5121 Рік тому +2

      ​@@XLava_what is in our national anthem? If you're referring to "republic" that would be, the pledge of allegiance.

  • @deepblue8327
    @deepblue8327 2 роки тому +45

    Thank you for the simplistic unbiased explanation of so many misunderstood topics

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  2 роки тому +5

      You’re welcome! I hope this simple explanation can be helpful to those that are trying to get a better understanding of government and politics. 👍🏼

    • @spacecat8230
      @spacecat8230 2 роки тому

      ok

    • @CD-vb9fi
      @CD-vb9fi 7 місяців тому +1

      Unbiased? He lies in the video. Kratos is "strength, power" in Greek... NOT "rule".
      You can look this up... right? Or are you that incapable that you will just believe anything they say on the internet despite the fact you can look up greek words and their meanings online?

  • @rustyshackleford3320
    @rustyshackleford3320 Рік тому +13

    And to the republic for which it stands

  • @ericwolf9482
    @ericwolf9482 2 місяці тому +3

    In a Democracy you get to vote . Example 3 Wolves and one Sheep and you get to vote "Whats for Dinner " but in a Republic you also get to vote what's for dinner but minority Rights are Protected.. think about it.

    • @reeves1001
      @reeves1001 11 днів тому

      How are they protected? I’m a bit confused. Because if a republic has rights that protect the minority, what if the majority just elect leaders to take away those rights?? I mean we see that with the 2nd amendment all the time right? It’s a right that’s is always being infringed upon because the majority votes in people that infringe on it. I really am trying to understand not argue lol

  • @warlord8954
    @warlord8954 Рік тому +31

    The Framers, and Founders most certainly did not use "republic" and "democracy" interchangeably. In Article IV Section 4 of the US Constitution it states, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,". The Framers and Founders were fearful of democracies. They knew exactly what they were. " Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” James Madison Federalist 10 and 51. Also, the Founding Fathers and Framers studied history. From Ancient Greece with Plato's Republic, Aristotle, Polybius, and more. They knew full well the meaning of a democracy or a republic. Each member of the House is elected by popular vote in their respective congressional districts, but Americans don't get to vote on federal laws. Not a democracy. Originally members of the US Senate were appointed by their respective state legislatures. Not a democracy. The President of the United States is not elected by popular vote but by the Electoral College. Meaning when you vote you aren't voting for the president you're voting for the electors of the party of the president in your state that have vowed to vote for the candidate of that party. Not a democracy. If people knew more about the differences, and histories between democracies, and republics, especially the Republic of these United States they wouldn't carelessly, and unthinkingly throw about the word democracy and attempt to claim that the United States of America is one> It was never meant to be one, or should be made one. Democracies always without fail degenerate into tyrannies, and dictatorships and everyone suffers. Lastly, not once will you find the word Democracy, democracy, or democratic in the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress October 14th, 1774, The Articles of Association October 20th, 1774, The Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776, The Articles of Confederation November 15th, 1777, The US Constitution September 17th, 1787, The Bill of Rights December 15th, 1791. But in your infinite wisdom and knowledge of politics, history, and law know more than they that created this nation, and you know more about what they thought, wrote, and spoke than they themselves. Try again.

    • @archiehendricks6093
      @archiehendricks6093 Рік тому

      Dam their is someone who is awake, we hear both partys speaking of america the true democracy. Even putin saying we are. Horse shit.
      Democratic process and democracy are not same. Thats what I got from reading.

    • @danaerickson1777
      @danaerickson1777 8 місяців тому +3

      Well said, I agree wholeheartedly 👍

    • @CD-vb9fi
      @CD-vb9fi 7 місяців тому +4

      You are SPOT ON! I am so glad there was someone here a year before me to call out the lies in this video! Thank you for being an informed American! We are in very short supply!

    • @warlord8954
      @warlord8954 7 місяців тому +3

      @@CD-vb9fi Thank you for the compliment.

    • @Mike-ne8eb
      @Mike-ne8eb 2 місяці тому

      The United States is both a federal constitutional representative republic and federal constitutional representative democracy. It is irrelevant that the word democracy isn't in the constitution. A republic is simply a government without a monarch.

  • @movielover3986
    @movielover3986 10 місяців тому +30

    God bless the republic 🇺🇸

  • @jameeztherandomguy5418
    @jameeztherandomguy5418 2 роки тому +12

    The USA is strictly a republic, no? People vote for representatives, constitution, and minority is protected from majority are all republic things

    • @chandelier6811
      @chandelier6811 2 роки тому +6

      It’s both a republic and a representative democracy

    • @justinweinzierl7547
      @justinweinzierl7547 Рік тому +1

      You have to pay to live, die, travel, provide for your family and self.
      Go fish with out a license in a God made body of water or hunt on public paid forest (taxes paid for) if you get caught see what happens..?
      Court dates, fines, BS.
      What happen to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
      You never even truly own your house/land -property taxes are rent, stop paying and they take your land.
      Same with car and registration. Right to travel is freedom. Freedom to move.
      Sounds like majority rule.
      Under common law, who did I hurt by getting 3 fish out of a natural body of water to feed my family?
      Pulled over for no seat belt?
      Where is the crime?
      No crime. Just majority rule making regulations and codes to follow.

    • @jameeztherandomguy5418
      @jameeztherandomguy5418 Рік тому +1

      ​@@justinweinzierl7547
      None of these are relevant to what a republic is. The point of a republic is to reflect the majority opinion anyways.

    • @dustythurman5426
      @dustythurman5426 6 місяців тому

      @@chandelier6811
      No. Republic and Democracy are different things, despite a federal department of education trying to conflate the two.
      We are a Constitutional Republic with democratic elections. Notice, democratic is an adjective, not a noun.
      In a republic, the government is not your ruler. It is delegated specific powers. Even if the majority wants to do some things they cannot if the charter (Constitution) did not give the government those powers.
      This is significantly different than a democracy or representative democracy where the majority can simply vote themselves the power to do what they want.

    • @dustythurman5426
      @dustythurman5426 6 місяців тому

      @@jameeztherandomguy5418
      Close but you're missing a very important nuance. A republic delegates only a specific list of powers to the government. If majority opinion wants to do something NOT delegated to the government, then too bad, the majority does not have that power. This is often ignored by those who wish to conflate a republic and a democracy as being the same thing, but they are not.

  • @revolutionaryhamburger
    @revolutionaryhamburger 7 місяців тому +2

    Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

  • @kenr4709
    @kenr4709 23 дні тому

    Thank you, that was an excellent explanation. I'm sure as I have many others of benefit from this. 3:56 3:56

  • @marciaperry6458
    @marciaperry6458 4 місяці тому

    This is a nice simple approach to understanding concepts that shift as all definitions of word do. I do feel that the role of the individual voter , which is not required in a republic, deserves to be noted as a critical and essential foundation of United States democracy. "Government of, by and for the People "requires ongoing direct input by the citizenry in addition to electing representatives to act on our behalf. A functioning democracy is designed to protect the majority from minority rule.

  • @Ppscaspirant-k6d
    @Ppscaspirant-k6d Рік тому +3

    New subscriber thanks for these endeavors

  • @kellyjn12
    @kellyjn12 5 місяців тому +2

    We are a Constitutional Republic. Ruled by the Constitution which limits govt.
    Democracy and Republic are competing political ideologies
    Representative democracy is a worse idea than a democracy. It’s easier to persuade 151 of 300 elected representatives to support legislation that is not in the public’s interest, than it is to get 165 million voters to support legislation that is not in the interest of the general public
    Just because we elect representatives doesn’t magically transform America into a democracy

  • @lake5044
    @lake5044 2 роки тому +3

    Who decides those rules that protect the minorities from the majority in a republic?

    • @LechDharma
      @LechDharma 2 роки тому +1

      In America it is the legislature, and the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of any and all laws/rights.

    • @dustythurman5426
      @dustythurman5426 6 місяців тому

      The Constitution. The government is only given an explicit list of powers. If the Constitution does not EXPLICITLY say the government is delegated the authority to do something, then it does NOT have that power.
      The government is currently violating this in MANY ways, but because most people are ignorant and/or apathetic about politics, we have not held them accountable to being Constitutionally limited.

  • @SAM-dm5qg
    @SAM-dm5qg 22 дні тому

    THANK YOU FOR SHARING ❤ 🇺🇸

  • @radioreactivity3561
    @radioreactivity3561 2 роки тому +5

    So... Republic is a representative democracy?

    • @icecreamjunkie6790
      @icecreamjunkie6790 2 роки тому

      Essentially, yes

    • @aabracadavra
      @aabracadavra 2 роки тому

      As soon as he started defining the USA's governing style all I could hear was... a republic. He kinda lost me there.

  • @rynwin1
    @rynwin1 7 місяців тому +1

    We are a constitutional republic with democratic processes

  • @JPerry2337
    @JPerry2337 Місяць тому

    excellent!!!

  • @KenH60109
    @KenH60109 7 місяців тому

    The republic definition you use is with a constitution attached, and could, in many ways, be considered a representative democracy, as democracy mostly involves the rule of the people in some way, shape, or form.

    • @dustythurman5426
      @dustythurman5426 6 місяців тому

      The nuance you are missing is the inalienable rights. The "rule of law" means the laws are above even the government. The law is the ruler. And the supreme law is the Constitution, which limits the government to explicitly listed powers, preventing the government from enacting laws at the whim of a temporary majority outside the scope of the delegated authority in the Constitution.
      The elected representatives cannot legalize murder, theft, etc, no matter the majority opinion/vote because it is not delegated the authority to legislate these by the Constitution. This is how minority rights are protected and why it is significantly different than a democracy, where majority opinion rules absolute.

  • @jayrene429
    @jayrene429 Місяць тому

    Were a democracy in how we vote at a state and local level and a republic when we vote in our federal elections

  • @oggolbat7932
    @oggolbat7932 Рік тому +4

    Republics are a type of democracy. Just like parlamentary monarchies are a type of democracy.

    • @chrisnichols9014
      @chrisnichols9014 Рік тому

      Yes, they are. Star Wars is a great example of a Republic.

  • @chandlerbing5437
    @chandlerbing5437 2 роки тому +3

    The difference between the ancient and modern concept of democracy - as you said the tyranyy of majority is the ancient concept that's the reason many political thinkers opposed it, the modern concept is more or less imbibed the republican concept too into it, thus we can use them interchangeably .

  • @change1996
    @change1996 Рік тому +3

    The Framers of the Constitution were vehemently opposed to democracy. They had a classical education and they knew that “democracy” means people power, direct participation of the people in deliberation and decision-making in the making of decisions concerning common public affairs.
    The Framers were all wealthy insiders. They were concerned for the defense of the propertied interests of the wealthy. As John Jay put it, “the affairs of the country should be controlled by the people who own it.” They were obvious elitists. Their goal in creation of the Constitution was to put up roadblocks to prevent a mass based democratic movement from gaining control of the government.
    Right wingers use the slur “mob rule” to refer to direct control over public affairs by the masses but that just tells us they want the rich to stay in control of the country and continue dictating to everyone else.
    Isn't it time to change this republic to something better? To end bribe taking representatives acting against the will of the People? We now have the technology to become a direct democracy. So Let's Do It.

    • @peterstroe1216
      @peterstroe1216 Рік тому +3

      I wouldn't want the masses to directly control the policy-making process of the nation, particularly because of how uneducated and idiotic political ideas are shared like wildfire on social medias

    • @therealtech833
      @therealtech833 Рік тому

      Except the United States is one of the few places in the world where people around come here for opportunities. Many immigrants like my grandparents were very poor. Within a generation or two much better off. People aren't trying to break out of this country yet. But they are still trying to break in. This is not at all in line with your summation of our country. You're saying the founders and the documents are corrupt, which is Anti-american.

    • @bwanna23
      @bwanna23 Рік тому +1

      So, I guess we can throw "we the people" out the window.

  • @zukyozelf7144
    @zukyozelf7144 Рік тому +1

    You should make a video on the Democratic Republic of Congo

  • @jefffortney4261
    @jefffortney4261 5 місяців тому +1

    Govern, NOT rule! There IS a difference.

  • @daviddurrant2570
    @daviddurrant2570 Місяць тому

    Good description of our government but left out 2 facts. One we also have a separation of powers in three branches of government, so you should have given this some importance. Two we are referred to as a Democratic Republic, because we the people elect representatives. It would become even more boring to go into greater detail.

  • @stevesmith5031
    @stevesmith5031 7 місяців тому

    "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." say it again AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS...........What part of that d o people NOT understand. 1892

  • @RichardShelton
    @RichardShelton 3 місяці тому

    In a Democracy, if the majority wants my bicycle, they can and will take it. Period.

  • @jharchery4117
    @jharchery4117 2 місяці тому

    Yep, you really blew it when you said our founding fathers did not understand the concept of republic vs democracy. James Madison knew more back then about all the governments of history than most, (evidently you) know today. They clearly chose a republic over a democracy.

  • @dominiktippner8254
    @dominiktippner8254 2 місяці тому +1

    Team Both

  • @kathleensue1
    @kathleensue1 7 місяців тому

    The problem with democracy is…if one group of people take over the current ruling group…they rule and use their system. And so on and so forth and on and on. With a representative republic….or ours is a constitutional republic…we select or representatives. Plus we have a constitution that can not be changed on a whim…but requires 3/4 of the states.

  • @markwrede8878
    @markwrede8878 6 місяців тому

    In a republic, property owners decide what the public can decide.

  • @charleydan
    @charleydan 6 місяців тому

    We have a constitutional federal republic. Republic is the right of the people to vote for representation as a majority. It is also the right of the people to be left alone and be a anarchist as was the articles of confederation. Constitution honors that in Article 6, clause 1. The very reason most American are not free note using their constitutional right to create the government one likes best

  • @montrelouisebohon-harris7023
    @montrelouisebohon-harris7023 7 місяців тому

    In law school we were taught that America is a democratic republic, and anything else is BS because in a democracy we can be ruled by the tyranny of the majority, but innocent. It kind of happens if you look at it by the number of people in the state who have more representatives than others, because they have a higher population.. however, at the time the US Constitution was written in Virginia was the biggest state and people at the convention were bitching that Virginia would have more rights so that brought forth what was part of the Virginia plan, and the Virginia constitution that was bicameral., the senators are elected for six years and each state get two senators, regardless of the number of people in the state & the president is elected by electoral votes, rather than majority vote even know each state has the number of electors that equal the representatives in that state or commonwealth

  • @melodyqueen8440
    @melodyqueen8440 4 місяці тому +1

    #democracy #illustrated

  • @stgeorge28
    @stgeorge28 Рік тому

    They're both labels. I always knew we were a bit of both. Which is good. We don't need what happened in Turkey to happen here.

  • @Gumby56
    @Gumby56 Рік тому +210

    "We are a republic if, you can keep it---Ben Franklin.

    • @jngfitness2001
      @jngfitness2001 6 місяців тому

      True, but sadly, that's always been nothing more than a fallacy and a lie $OLD to "The People!"

    • @Kenny-o6i
      @Kenny-o6i 3 місяці тому +3

      We need to be more of a hybrid

    • @mikeh6084
      @mikeh6084 3 місяці тому +10

      Someone needs to explain this to the Democratic Party because they are always getting it wrong (but they’ll never change their mind)

    • @Mike-ne8eb
      @Mike-ne8eb 2 місяці тому +5

      A republic is a just government without a monarch.

    • @Xavieus
      @Xavieus 2 місяці тому +2

      @@Kenny-o6ino

  • @richardcabellojr6377
    @richardcabellojr6377 Рік тому +374

    I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  Рік тому +82

      Republic 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @goldenvulture6818
      @goldenvulture6818 Рік тому

      Before Dwight D. Eisenhower became President "ONE NATION UNDER GOD" wasn't in the pledge of allegiance. He added it because of the Red Scare. Its a symbol of theocracy.

    • @EddieSchultz62
      @EddieSchultz62 Рік тому +1

      "under god" wasn't added until 1954 on Flag Day. There's no evidence that any gods have ever existed, so it was silly to add it in the first place.

    • @philosopher-2007
      @philosopher-2007 Рік тому +12

      @@EddieSchultz62 there's also no evidence of Darwinsm yet we consider it fact in the school system.

    • @EddieSchultz62
      @EddieSchultz62 Рік тому +17

      @@philosopher-2007 Okay, cool...You admit there's no evidence for any gods' existence. But there is a lot of evidence for evolution. The ToE is the best explanation for evolution accepted by about 99% of life science scientists, and evolution itself is a fact. I suggest you educate yourself on the subject.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_support_for_evolution

  • @painandsuffer
    @painandsuffer Рік тому +127

    "The ideal of a constitutional republic is individual liberty. In this century, great strides have been made toward the goal of subverting our republic and transforming it into a democracy. The foremost tactic of the subverters is the subversion of “language” - by calling America a democracy, until people thoughtlessly accept the term and use the term. Totalitarians have obscured the real meanings and principles of the American government.”
    Dan Smoot.

    • @amibrainwashed
      @amibrainwashed 8 місяців тому

      Only two types of people support a Democracy. Morons, and those who which to rule them.

    • @adamdrouin2295
      @adamdrouin2295 7 місяців тому +7

      Too bad the overwhelming majority of the population is falling for this trick

    • @grahamhodge8313
      @grahamhodge8313 7 місяців тому

      I had to look up Dan Smoot on Wikipedia. Unsurprisingly, he was a right wing nutjob,

    • @mrbigglezworth42
      @mrbigglezworth42 7 місяців тому +3

      @@adamdrouin2295It’s been a lie spread for decades. It didn’t happen overnight.

    • @d.h.jefferies2191
      @d.h.jefferies2191 6 місяців тому +2

      Democracy..
      ...
      Any form of government where the Supreme power is vested in the people's vote directly or indirectly........democracy.

  • @sidengland6302
    @sidengland6302 5 місяців тому +20

    A republic protects us from democracy.

    • @DS-gt1ft
      @DS-gt1ft 25 днів тому

      But not really. If enough people WANT something they can vote for the leaders who will get it done. Period. Sure, it makes it harder for the majority to overcome the minority, but by no means is it impossible.

    • @sidengland6302
      @sidengland6302 25 днів тому

      @@DS-gt1ft A republic establishes a set of rules that cannot be violated unless you are willing to elect criminals.

  • @jameswilson313
    @jameswilson313 Рік тому +62

    America was founded on the principles of a Constitutional Republic which protects the individual from their representatives and mob rule. Our founders assumed that men would be virtuous and honor the Constitution. Lacking any enforcement mechanisms allows unscrupulous politicians to circumvent and violate the peoples contract which is what we have today. Simply put, a democracy is universal equality and a republic is individual liberty.

    • @claytoncoker6489
      @claytoncoker6489 Рік тому +2

      This subject confuses me (I didn't pay attention to anything but girls trucks in school). Do we want a democracy or a republic? I just hear democrats always chanting to the people that we're loosing our democracy, but that's good right?

    • @FarBeyondStrange
      @FarBeyondStrange Рік тому +8

      @@claytoncoker6489 we aren't losing democracy.
      The US is not - and never has been a democracy. So what they are saying is factually false on both accounts.
      So no, we're not.
      Democracy also isn't inherently good. It's flawed. And not the best we got, despite arguments to the contrary.

    • @anael55
      @anael55 Рік тому

      The founders gave us the ability to tear down recreate a government that was out of control. Without an understanding of the Bill of Rights & our Constitution, we are handing our power away to criminals.

    • @CD-vb9fi
      @CD-vb9fi 7 місяців тому +4

      They did not assume men would be virtuous. They flat out said this would fail... and they put in safeguards and wrote about "what to do" when it does fail! They talked about it a lot too! Everyone seems to be unable to learn history despite having such great access to read the writing of the framers themselves!

    • @michaelbyron1166
      @michaelbyron1166 3 місяці тому +2

      @@CD-vb9fi Very well said, and all too true!

  • @maximilianogarciachirinos3663
    @maximilianogarciachirinos3663 2 роки тому +254

    Excelent video. In my opinion I think the US is a Republic rather than a representative democracy because its laws are focus on protecting the individual rights rather than the majority.

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  2 роки тому +25

      Yeah I think that’s a really good point. 👍🏼Thanks for watching the video, commenting, and always being a big supporter of the channel!

    • @spacecat8230
      @spacecat8230 2 роки тому +2

      ok

    • @tammydommel3039
      @tammydommel3039 Рік тому

      Yes but did you notice the people who are big on pushing the whole Republic thing, really want a democracy? Majority rule and the word minority is a dirty word to them.

    • @maximilianogarciachirinos3663
      @maximilianogarciachirinos3663 Рік тому +22

      @@tammydommel3039 With all due respect I disagree with that statement because a democracy can turn into the tyranny of the majority. In the case of the "minority" or labeling groups is against the rights of the individuals ,that enters into the realm of collectivism but that is another debate.

    • @terrywblake
      @terrywblake Рік тому +4

      It is

  • @seanannigans
    @seanannigans 2 роки тому +33

    You draw the Constitution very well.

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  2 роки тому +2

      Thank you! 😊

    • @joebenson528
      @joebenson528 Рік тому +2

      @@IllustratetoEducate
      3:05 You were wrong here. The constitution does not allow interpretation such as "2nd Amendment only covers muskets" or "You can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater". Both of these interpretations are unconstitutional because "interpretations" are inherently unconstitutional they always seek to limit and not expand. The founders knew technology would evolve so they were intentionally vague in their wording. The constitution only allows added amendments that do not contradict existing ones assuming a significant vote will approve one.

  • @alfonstabz9741
    @alfonstabz9741 2 роки тому +128

    Republic ! Republic ! Republic !

    • @Rialuvs2pac
      @Rialuvs2pac Рік тому +8

      Bros opinion is so oddly strong that had to chant in the UA-cam comment section without using all caps, but using a capital only after every “ !“ but only one letter of course!

    • @tobydulanski3000
      @tobydulanski3000 Рік тому +15

      I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

    • @chrisnichols9014
      @chrisnichols9014 Рік тому +4

      *Insert Star Wars joke here*

    • @alfonstabz9741
      @alfonstabz9741 Рік тому

      @@chrisnichols9014 🤣🤣🤣 red alert: yuris revenge.

    • @chillalewski7769
      @chillalewski7769 Рік тому +1

      Hell yeah brother! Coming from a polish slav living in Germany. Europe is domed....

  • @wulfbooy
    @wulfbooy 2 роки тому +16

    Pretty sure they knew what they were saying when they said republic.

  • @noncoincidencesynchronicit8896
    @noncoincidencesynchronicit8896 Рік тому +26

    🗝 Straightforward explanation, that ALL should be able to understand in a few minutes! 👍🏼

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  Рік тому +3

      Thanks! That’s the hope behind my channel! I appreciate the comment!

    • @CD-vb9fi
      @CD-vb9fi 7 місяців тому +1

      but it's a lie... I can make up anything to sell a lie to.

  • @phreakmode
    @phreakmode Рік тому +18

    Dan Smoots take on this is highly recomended for viewing or listening to. He goes 1 step further and points out that the US system is a Constitutional Republic while explaining the dangers of a true democracy.

    • @CD-vb9fi
      @CD-vb9fi 7 місяців тому +5

      Yes, Dan Smoots video is correct while this one is a lie.

    • @grahamhodge8313
      @grahamhodge8313 7 місяців тому

      The USA is not a true democracy it is a representative democracy. The video explained how a true democracy is impractical. Did you not bother to watch it?

    • @diegrinder6851
      @diegrinder6851 7 місяців тому

      ​@@CD-vb9fiExactly. 100% Correct 💯❤

    • @easutube
      @easutube 6 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/KZOtEbwwfOM/v-deo.html

    • @jimallen1186
      @jimallen1186 4 місяці тому

      This one isn't a lie. It's just too simplified.

  • @morseventurechannel1365
    @morseventurechannel1365 Рік тому +27

    We are a constitutional republic

    • @organikproductionz9347
      @organikproductionz9347 6 місяців тому

      Yep and democracy is a lie in this country. No such thing

    • @Totaro77
      @Totaro77 2 місяці тому +1

      Constitutional representative republic

    • @TravisKastl-ui9mk
      @TravisKastl-ui9mk Місяць тому

      @Totaro77 All republics by definition are representative.

  • @samestabar7274
    @samestabar7274 Рік тому +5

    Democracy is not mentioned once in constitution or bill of rights that's the difference

  • @gregterry955
    @gregterry955 2 місяці тому +4

    The founding fathers warned us against political parties

  • @kingnguyen7446
    @kingnguyen7446 Місяць тому +3

    If everyone understood this, democrat party would be DONE

  • @abdulazizmohammed7715
    @abdulazizmohammed7715 Рік тому +33

    I like the fact that you are giving examples on each system. Keep going!

  • @naturaldisaster2
    @naturaldisaster2 2 роки тому +18

    I was just thinking about this.....now I am getting a unbiased explanation

    • @naturaldisaster2
      @naturaldisaster2 2 роки тому +3

      Thank you

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  2 роки тому

      I’m glad you found this to be relevant to what you’ve been wondering about lately. 👍🏼

    • @spacecat8230
      @spacecat8230 2 роки тому

      ok

    • @springcrocus7flower635
      @springcrocus7flower635 2 роки тому +4

      It is biased actually. He said we have both. May I suggest you go to Robert Breaker - Republic va Democracy.

    • @eemoogee160
      @eemoogee160 Рік тому +2

      it's amusing that you consider this in any way unbiased 😂😂

  • @BW-go3ih
    @BW-go3ih 2 місяці тому +3

    The protections of the minority come from the majority support though. Many issues in our country weren't even referred to the Constitution until there was pressure to. Not to mention our Constitution informed our Republic, which in it, enshrines many democratic rights, from voting, to rights of a jury.
    As you said, a Representative Democracy feels the most accurate.

    • @DisappearingNightly
      @DisappearingNightly Місяць тому +1

      As you point out, a republic is necessarily democratic, but a democracy is not necessarily a republic. Therein lies the confusion. The "argument" (if you even want to call it that) seems to be strictly semantic. The republic is inherently democratic in that it takes the premise of inclusive participation, by the people, for the people and adds safeguards as a hedge against the dangers of excess such as mob rule. To argue this point seems every bit as absurd as claiming that a piece of steak is not meat because, well, it's steak, not meat dammit! Semantics.

  • @rexwilson315
    @rexwilson315 Місяць тому +2

    Vote a straight RED TICKET. Pass it around.

  • @ANTICOMwestcoast
    @ANTICOMwestcoast Рік тому +34

    ACTUALLY... the US is a constitutional republic.

    • @roryvance3694
      @roryvance3694 2 місяці тому +1

      it is both. They are not mutually exclusive

    • @ANTICOMwestcoast
      @ANTICOMwestcoast 2 місяці тому

      @@roryvance3694 but they are different🫤 that’s why the majority never has a bigger say. take a civics class n come on back over 🤺

    • @TravisKastl-ui9mk
      @TravisKastl-ui9mk Місяць тому

      @roryvance3694 Yes they are mutually exclusive. You can’t have a republic and a democracy at the same time. Just because we elect our representatives does not mean we are a democracy. A republic is a form of representative government elected or not. A democracy is the rule of the majority (mob) without any laws to protect the minority.

    • @roryvance3694
      @roryvance3694 Місяць тому

      @@TravisKastl-ui9mk Incorrect. You would have failed my Freshman American Politics course test on this. Per Robert Dahl, the foremost political theorist in 100 years (was chair of Yale's Political Science department and former head of the APSA if you dont know what that is..trust me you are out of your depth), he notes three common traits of a modern democracy. 1. A free and fair elections 2. no significant barriers for the citizens to participate politically (like free speech , free press and assembly ) 3. 2 or more viable political parties . All those qualify as democracy. I would argue we were not a democracy until 1964-5. He notes that 'republic" and liberal democracy are used interchangeably in the modern world and that the framers of the Constitution dislike of the term "democracy" was its association with Athenian democracy , also known as "direct democracy". Now a modern Republic simply has one group of people governing in the name of its citizenry and ultimately sovreignity rests in the citizens, however that group is selected. So ..the US, both democracy and republic. The UK democracy without republic (sovereignity rests in the monarch) and the PRC is republic without democracy. North Korea is neither a republic nor a democracy. I suggest reading Dahl's " A Preface to Democratic theory" or "Polyarchy" , as pretty much every grad student in poli sci has to read one of those two

    • @Mike-ne8eb
      @Mike-ne8eb Місяць тому +1

      @@TravisKastl-ui9mk There are countries all over the world that operate as two forms of government. The US is one of them. A democracy gains legitimacy when it has a constitution that guarantees the rights of the individual. A republic, at its most basic level, has nothing to do with individual liberty.

  • @Naferner_Said
    @Naferner_Said Рік тому +4

    Yea but we are currently an Oligarchy, because the 2 sides still cant figure out whats more important

  • @407flawda
    @407flawda Рік тому +5

    2:30 I call bs because no where in the founding documents was the term democracy used.

  • @MS7000_
    @MS7000_ 2 роки тому +5

    What if the majority in a democracy want something that isn’t right , morally or ethically? Then what ?

    • @Liliana_the_ghost_cat
      @Liliana_the_ghost_cat Рік тому +2

      Then they get what they want

    • @TalkingGIJoe
      @TalkingGIJoe 8 місяців тому

      then we the people use the 2nd amendment to protect ourselves from their criminal actions...

    • @dustythurman5426
      @dustythurman5426 6 місяців тому +2

      "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch."
      Benjamin Franklin
      So in a democracy, if the majority is not moral, the laws will not be, either. This is precisely why the US is a republic instead.

  • @rbm6184
    @rbm6184 6 місяців тому +1

    The US is a Constitutional Republic of states with states rights by way of a 10th Amendment. Article IV Section 4 of that Constitution says, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence." The words democracy and federal are not found in the US Constitution. You fail miserably to note that a democracy is centralized as a federal system with a strong central government while a pure republic is decentralized with a weak central government governed by the states. The US is NOT a democracy. Our US Constitutional Republic has been unlawfully/unconstitutionally perverted by democrats and federalists from its original intent of a pure republic. We have not been able to keep our republic as Franklin stipulated below.
    “A republic, if you can keep it.”
    --Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"; September 17, 1787

  • @allankahn1980
    @allankahn1980 Рік тому +5

    Excellent breakdown of the differences! One thing to add is republics also allow the isolation of certain public things that can harm the public at large if left unrestricted. In America's case, we took the Monarchy (Executive branch), Parliament (Legislative Branch), and East-India Trading Company (Corporations) and isolated them together; so all Constitutionally created things, such as the United States (Washington D.C) and its Laws that pass will not effect the Freedom(s) that Americans have by Right. Thus, limiting and restricting the Republic's power to only Persons (Titles or Corporations) they create, and all who bear those Persons.

  • @giolag5593
    @giolag5593 Місяць тому +1

    It's a hybrid of democracy and republic. You should be suspicious of why Republican talk so much about this subject.
    The only reason why the Republican party resurfaced this debate is not because they care about you and me when they talk about "minorities", but because the elites, the donors that pay them want full control of the country and to do that they need overwhelming power over all of us.

  • @dylanhunt3855
    @dylanhunt3855 Рік тому +3

    “Is the US a republic or a democracy?”
    It is neither. It is an aristocratic oligarchy where a minority of wealthy people rule.
    To answer the question, is it a democracy or a republic, it is necessary to first determine who rules. If your answer was “the people rule” this is incorrect. The people do not rule in either a republic or a democracy. For that you would need to be a sortition. Only with universal suffrage and sortition will the government be a proportional, representative democracy.

    • @geoffreygreen297
      @geoffreygreen297 7 місяців тому

      Read the documents! We are a Republic! The democrats party is trying their hardest to turn it into a dictatorship though.

  • @tcaldwell1782
    @tcaldwell1782 2 місяці тому +2

    I tried to explain this to my sister who keeps referring to the United States as a democracy and why I am against a pure democracy. I shared this video with her.

  • @jasoncox9883
    @jasoncox9883 Рік тому +4

    Loved this. Simple, straight forward, and short. Learned more now rhen i did in HS. Lol sounds funny but seriously what a great video.

  • @joshuab79
    @joshuab79 Місяць тому +1

    I guess we don’t have to worry about democracy. Because we’re a Republic. What type of spinner are the Democrats can I put on it now?

  • @michealwarren7
    @michealwarren7 2 місяці тому +2

    We The People!!!! Where we go one we go all MOB RULE (democracy)

  • @jeffdishong4853
    @jeffdishong4853 Рік тому +4

    We have always been a republic, but we do have many democratic tendencies.

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  Рік тому +1

      That’s a good way of putting it! :)

    • @dustythurman5426
      @dustythurman5426 6 місяців тому

      Yes, we use democratic processes, but, that makes democratic an adjective, not a noun, which is a significant difference. This linguistic trick is being used to usurp more power to the government without ratifying amendments they know they can't pass.

  • @sherlock1895
    @sherlock1895 6 місяців тому +4

    It was well done indeed. I never cease to be amazed by how many folks don’t know the difference. Cheers!

  • @valdavis7461
    @valdavis7461 Рік тому +6

    We're a federal constitutional representative democracy AND a federal constitutional republic.
    Constitutional: Our system of government is considered constitutional, because the power exercised by the people and their representatives is bound by the constitution and the broader rule of law.
    Federal: Our government is also a federal system, since power is shared between a national government, representing the entire populace, and regional and local governments.
    We exercise our political power in a different way: by voting in elections to choose our representatives. That’s representative democracy.
    The Constitution does not use the term “democracy.” It’s true. But John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Noah Webster, Justice James Wilson and Chief Justice John Marshall all used the word. These scholars understood representative democracy - the American variety - to be democracy all the same.
    John Adams referred to the US as a representative democracy in 1794 in "The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States, volume 6" on page 19. "No determinations are carried, it is true, in a simple or representative democracy, but by consent of the majority of the people or their representatives."
    Thomas Jefferson referred to the US as a representative democracy in his "Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies" in Letter CXXIL to Mr. Wendover on March 13th, 1815:
    "I consider the war, with him, as 'made on good advice,' inasmuch, as it as exercised our patriotism and submission to order, has planted and invigorated among us arts of urgent necessity, has manifested the strong and the weak parts of our republican institutions, and the excellence of a representative democracy, compared with the misrule of Kings, has rallied the opinions of mankind to the natural rights of expatriations, and of a common property in the ocean, and raised us to that grace in the scale of nations which the bravery and liberality of our citizen soldiers, by land and by sea, the wisdom of our institutions and their observance of justice, entitled us in the eyes to in the eyes of the world."
    In addition, Noah Webster in 1785, and St. George Tucker in 1803 edition of Blackstone referred to the US as a representative democracy, and James Wilson, one of the main drafters of the Constitution and one of the first Supreme Court Justices, defended the Constitution in 1787 by referring to the 3 forms of government as "monarchical, aristocratical, and democratical." He states:
    "Of what description is the Constitution before us? In its principles, it is purely democratical: varying indeed in its form in order to admit all the advantages, and to exclude all the disadvantages which are incidental to the known and established constitutions of government. But when we take an extensive and accurate view of the streams of power that appear through this great and comprehensive plan … we shall be able to trace them to one great and noble source, THE PEOPLE…."
    Sir William Blackstone, who was much read and admired by the framers, likewise used "democracy" to include republics: "Baron Montesquieu lays it down, that luxury is necessary in monarchies, as in France; but ruinous to democracies, as in Holland. With regard therefore to England, whose government is compounded of both species, it may still be a dubious question, how far private luxury is a public evil …." Holland was of course a republic, and England was compounded of monarchy and government by elected representatives; Blackstone was thus labeling such government by elected representatives as a form of "democrac[y]."
    Chief Justice John Marshall defended the Constitution in the convention by describing it as implementing "democracy" (as opposed to "despotism"):
    "I conceive that the object of the discussion now before us is whether democracy or despotism be most eligible. I am sure that those who framed the system submitted to our investigation, and those who now support it, intend the establishment and security of the former. The supporters of the Constitution claim the title of being firm friends of the liberty and the rights of mankind. They say that they consider it as the best means of protecting liberty. We, sir, idolize democracy. Those who oppose it have bestowed eulogiums on monarchy. We prefer this system to any monarchy because we are convinced that it has a greater tendency to secure our liberty and promote our happiness. We admire it because we think it a well-regulated democracy: it is recommended to the good people of this country: they are, through us, to declare whether it be such a plan of government as will establish and secure their freedom."
    So why does the word democracy not appear in the US constitution, Federalist Papers, etc.? It's because the framers couldn't put both democracy and republic in the same sentence to describe the nation. They needed a word that defined the US states coming together to form a nation. A republic was better described the autonomous nature of each state coming together. However, democracy is the lifeblood of the American Republic and the fact that the word democracy doesn't appear in the constitution or the Federalist Papers doesn't negate the words of the framers as noted above.
    We have to push back against the claim that we're not a democracy because it has sinister motives. What these people really want is an autocratic nation run by a demagogue.

  • @gersi3507
    @gersi3507 2 роки тому +3

    Very nice but kratos doesn't mean rule it means "state" wich means a state by the people

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  2 роки тому +1

      Good clarification! Thanks!

    • @cmjassassin5002
      @cmjassassin5002 Рік тому

      What is the Greek words of democracy?
      The word democracy comes from the Greek words "demos", meaning people, and "kratos" meaning power; so democracy can be thought of as "power of the people": a way of governing which depends on the will of the people.

  • @spinygoldfishh634
    @spinygoldfishh634 2 місяці тому +2

    Had me till 1:33 “BCE” lol. What event started the common era

    • @RJ-re3ey
      @RJ-re3ey Місяць тому

      The Christians even created the calendar the entire world goes by. They at least deserve the credit of AD and BC

  • @eddiehancockii
    @eddiehancockii Рік тому +4

    The constitution says we are a republic. End of video.....?

  • @napom_gamer2854
    @napom_gamer2854 2 місяці тому +2

    To the republic for which it stands don’t forget it

  • @Gulicktheemu
    @Gulicktheemu Рік тому +4

    The U.S. IS a Constitutional Republic.
    Each State IS a Democracy.

  • @ronaldsmith6829
    @ronaldsmith6829 6 місяців тому +1

    You did fine till 2:35 when you went off the rails. Also, though many of the representatives at the convention were as ignorant about the form of government being proposed as you appear to be, the leadership, Madison, Franklin, Jefferson (in France but still involved) knew exactly what they were about.
    We have a representative REPUBLIC. ALL of the founding Fathers deeply distrusted a democracy. Additionally, all the previous democratic experiments had failed miserably! Madison,et al, didn't want to repeat that mistake. Much of what inspired the Declaration Of Independence and the Constitution was greatly influenced by the writings of Thomas Payne and Francis Bacon.
    When asked what kind of government had been established, Benjamin Franklin replied, "A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it!" Many of our states are making serious errors by turning their governments into Democracies. California is a good example of this type of mob rule. It's a disaster, and the state is coming apart at the seams as a result.

  • @FernandoGonzalez-ub9iw
    @FernandoGonzalez-ub9iw Рік тому +10

    Basically Democracy is the dictatorship of the mayority and Republic is the representation of the mayority and minorities in a context of laws.

    • @Kyle-fq4kq
      @Kyle-fq4kq Рік тому +1

      @@souventudubanned dictatorship of the majority is an oxymoron

    • @richardcabellojr6377
      @richardcabellojr6377 Рік тому +2

      I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

    • @rainick
      @rainick 7 місяців тому +2

      @@Kyle-fq4kq It would be more accurate to use tyranny of the majority.

  • @davidjgill4902
    @davidjgill4902 Рік тому +1

    The definition of democracy provided is wrong or incomplete. Democracy is not strictly defined as a direct or Athenian democracy. There are other forms of democracy. The video does a disservice to the topic.

  • @mrnerd73
    @mrnerd73 Рік тому +9

    Thank you for making this concept simple ❤

  • @eemoogee160
    @eemoogee160 Рік тому +6

    Why does it seem like the majority (99%) is being played pretty badly by the minority (1%)?

    • @justlol7281
      @justlol7281 Рік тому

      They aren’t

    • @eemoogee160
      @eemoogee160 Рік тому

      @@justlol7281 Sure about that? Check out the Princeton research that proves that the US is an oligarchy run by the elite few.

    • @Kyle-fq4kq
      @Kyle-fq4kq Рік тому

      @@justlol7281 the minority determines who gets to run for office

    • @CD-vb9fi
      @CD-vb9fi 7 місяців тому

      Because the majority is ignorant of the truth and they readily believe in the lies, some of which are peddled by this very video! THAT is why they are getting played pretty badly. The framers openly admitted that "Republics" are very susceptible to "foreign influences" which is why the USA was "Isolationist" for the first Century and 1/2. But the world needed to get the USA out of that so WW1 & 2 were started. Ever since WW2 end... USA became the very evil it resisted!

  • @libertycoffeehouse3944
    @libertycoffeehouse3944 4 години тому

    The United States is a Federal Republic. Your state is a Republic. The Founders read ancient Greek and Roman History and also knew English History. They would have known what the difference is in a Republic and a Democracy. Great Britain had the House of Commons and House of Lords. Neither were trully representative of the people although it had the effect of some concern over the peoples rights as defined in the Rights of Englishmen. The Colonies were Republics before even the American Revolution according to Blackstones Commentaries. The House of Representatives is the Democratic feaure in the Federal Government. The Aristocracic feature is the Senate. In the United States, we did not have a hereditary aristocracy to check democray. This was a problem and was discussed by the Framers. The Senate today represents half the population of a state so larger property holders have more exposure to the Senate. The peoples assembly is the House of Representatives. Today the ratio is 750,000 to 1. It is 35,000 to 1 in the constitution. Representative Democracy is a feature not the type of government. Sorry but the video is not correct.

  • @SK-me9by
    @SK-me9by 2 роки тому +4

    Out with Democracy just as our forefathers intended. Back to being a Republic.

    • @SK-me9by
      @SK-me9by Рік тому +1

      @@souventudubanned Wrong.. Wow, some simply choose ignorance.

    • @SK-me9by
      @SK-me9by Рік тому

      @@souventudubanned Lol, I see. You're a child. Good bye have a great day little one (Remember folks never fear the Truth like this individual).

    • @bwanna23
      @bwanna23 Рік тому

      Yeah. Throw 'We the People" out the window.

    • @SK-me9by
      @SK-me9by Рік тому +1

      @@bwanna23 What are you talking about? Democracy is against the people not for their Freedoms. Pull your head out your ass.

  • @EliW95
    @EliW95 Рік тому +4

    Most often a democracy is just a type of republic, but a republic is not necessarily a type of democracy. Venice and early American times were essentially aristocratic republics, and the process of developing mass democracy has only made things worse and has only made the regime more powerful, because people have been stup1d enough to believe that casting a ballot gives them any real choice, or can somehow hold people accountable while you give them special powers to do things that nobody else has the right to do, while people are muddied so much in their thought process to actually believe that they somehow consented to tyrannical acts by the regime in any meaningful way. Of course it’s even worse than that because most real power in practice is held by unelected even less accountable bureaucrats, bankers, and corporations while being able to grift off of the illusion of choice through elections

    • @Admiral-General_Aladeen
      @Admiral-General_Aladeen Рік тому

      Lmao you had me in the first part not gonna lie

    • @danaerickson1777
      @danaerickson1777 8 місяців тому +1

      Kinda like “power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely 🤔

  • @ninjaboninjabanana
    @ninjaboninjabanana 3 місяці тому +5

    Who knew there were so many constitutional scholars and experts on government in the comment section? This was a good video explanation and I use it to help explain the difference to my students. Well done.

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  3 місяці тому

      Nice! I’m glad to hear that (as a former teacher myself)

    • @TheRealMake-Make
      @TheRealMake-Make 3 місяці тому

      Yeah, a certain sect within the country loves to say “we’re a Constitutional Republic, not a democracy” as if that makes their cult any less bizarre.

    • @CB-hw7iu
      @CB-hw7iu 25 днів тому

      Alot of us paid attention in civics class, the sparky attitude is unwelcome.

    • @ninjaboninjabanana
      @ninjaboninjabanana 25 днів тому

      @@CB-hw7iu Sorry, have a pleasant day.

  • @JCBjr15
    @JCBjr15 Рік тому +7

    Personally what I get from this is that a republic uses many aspects of democracy but has more representation for under represented groups. One thing I notice however is that the democracy and republic have both the capacity to be good or bad depending on the context. A minority group could have massive advantages over other groups like wealth and power despite being a minority by numbers. But the voting majority could completely stall and even deflect meaningful and objectively good policy change at the same time due to bias.

    • @dustythurman5426
      @dustythurman5426 6 місяців тому

      No. A republic makes a list of powers the people give to the government. This is how people are protected from the majority. You simply don't give the government the power to hurt others.
      The only thing "democratic" about a republic is if they use democratic elections to elect their representatives. In this case, "democratic" is an adjective for the elections, not an adjective of the form of government and not a noun like democracy. They are different things.
      Moreover, "disadvantage" in this context is only relevant to THE LAWS. Everyone must be treated equally by THE LAW. It is actually IMMORAL to expect equal advantage or outcomes. Those require a dictator with a finger on the scales, which means some people WILL be abused for the benefit of others.
      Most things should NEVER be subject to "policy", no matter how much you think the outcome might be better. This violates freedom and opens the doors to tyrants.

  • @PeterDad60
    @PeterDad60 2 дні тому

    Your illustrations created to show what you are speaking about worked very well. Indeed your video is concise and easy to understand. I greatly appreciate your efforts. - Peter age 74

  • @goskiing1410
    @goskiing1410 Рік тому +3

    Excellent video - Seems like we just need a 'Chartered Democracy' then.
    Whereby people can make decisions for themselves instead of [lobby bought] Representatives.
    But there is a Constitution in place to ensure no laws that harm a certain minority group can ever be passed - Human Rights basically.
    ?

    • @dustythurman5426
      @dustythurman5426 6 місяців тому

      No, Democracy would be WORSE.
      A democracy, the majority can tell you what to do on anything the majority decides to. The point of a republic is to make sure the government CANNOT tell you what to do in protected things.
      Our problem is too many people who are IGNORANT of how this works so they don't get mad when our government violates the limits placed on it by the Constitution, or the ones who WILLINGLY ignore it because they REALLY think they should be able to tell you what to do.

  • @alfonstabz9741
    @alfonstabz9741 2 роки тому +3

    To put it short a republic is still a democracy but has restriction to protect minorities (ethnicity,political belief) give the minority voice,power and say about governance.

    • @GGNH1234
      @GGNH1234 2 роки тому

      Not really. Both Russia and China are republics, but not democracies. And saying that they protect minorities and political opponents is a lie.
      America is both a democracy and a republic.

    • @alfonstabz9741
      @alfonstabz9741 2 роки тому

      @@GGNH1234 china is not a republic it is a communist monopoly administer by politburo a council. russia is a corporation run by oligarchs.

    • @enderreaper1482
      @enderreaper1482 2 роки тому

      @@GGNH1234 bruh then by definition they are not republics

    • @GGNH1234
      @GGNH1234 2 роки тому

      @@enderreaper1482 If they aren’t republics or monarchies, then what form of government are they?

    • @enderreaper1482
      @enderreaper1482 2 роки тому +2

      @@GGNH1234 Dictatorship

  • @winninglifeyo
    @winninglifeyo Рік тому +2

    I just want to point out that constitution does not grant power to overturn laws which is called Judicial Review SCOTUS granted themselves that doctrine in the 1803 case Marbury v. Madison

    • @rainick
      @rainick 7 місяців тому

      On the flip side, if they don't have Judicial review, then the constitution is meaningless.

  • @howarddittrich157
    @howarddittrich157 23 дні тому

    Sorry, you contradicted yourself. 😊 In a Democracy the people make the laws. In a Republic, the peoples elected representives make the law. You should have said the US is a Constitutional Republic. Further more, the Constitution is not the only thing protecting the rights of minorities. Good try! Now go back and fix it.😊

  • @antoniobarbierineto9999
    @antoniobarbierineto9999 10 днів тому

    Brazil is a democracy and USA a Republic two large countrys with a lot differents races living ther but we know how hás the best country

  • @jonathanclark1083
    @jonathanclark1083 2 роки тому +7

    This is incorrect. America is a republic. The word democracy is no where in the constitution, bill of rights, declaration, or anywhere in the federalists. To say that democracy was not well defined is extremely ignorant and pompous.

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  2 роки тому +1

      Do you have anything to back up that this is “incorrect” and that democracy was well defined back in the 1700s?

    • @richardcardwell6266
      @richardcardwell6266 2 роки тому +1

      Yes. Our founding fathers rejected a democracy in favor of a republic because they knew the difference...

    • @solsticebaby
      @solsticebaby 2 роки тому

      @@IllustratetoEducate They literally rejected democracy when formulating the Constitution

    • @bigacellc8802
      @bigacellc8802 Рік тому

      @@IllustratetoEducate Respectfully, I've also learned that the word "Democracy" isn't in the u.s. constitution, bill of rights & the rest on purpose bc the founding fathers of america HATED Democracy & what it stood for ultimately. However, they did put the word "republic" in these important documents & clearly defined them. My understanding is the Bankers injected the term Democracy into our lives to push their power on the world. Notice I used lower case letters to describe the republic? The strawman is a powerful tool used by the elite bankers.
      I got this from Google:
      Is Constitution and republic the same?
      In a republic, a constitution or charter of rights protects certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government, even if it has been elected by a majority of voters. In a "pure democracy," the majority is not restrained in this way and can impose its will on the minority.
      Also:
      By definition, a republic is a representative form of government that is ruled according to a charter, or constitution, and a democracy is a government that is ruled according to the will of the majority.
      Reading this tells me clearly that a republic & a Democracy are absolutely not the same & should not be used interchangeably.

  • @jonwaldron900
    @jonwaldron900 20 днів тому

    I don't agree with this distinction. Australia is representative democracy, not a republic, with a parliamentary system and and a constitutional Monarchy. It is also a federation of states like the US. We have a written constitution like the US, but the UK doesn't. Yet, like the UK, Canada, and the US, we are all common law jurisdictions. Whether a country has a constitution is not the determinant of whether it is a Republic. The US is both a democracy and a republic. If Australia ditched the Monarchy and introduced the idea of President (bad idea!), then we too would be a republic, with a parliamentary system of representative democracy.
    You don't need a constitution to "protect minorities". That's a very odd conclusion. Laws passed by parliament work too. In fact, many consider this to be a superior model, because having "rights" embedded within a constitution invites judicial activism, e.g. Roe v Wade. Parliamentary laws can be modified and updated through time in response to the societal standards of the day,

  • @tonysmith9005
    @tonysmith9005 2 місяці тому +1

    My name is Tony Naeem smith I am your number one fan

  • @MaxSnowDude
    @MaxSnowDude 11 днів тому

    The definitions in this video are wrong. Democracy can refer to any type of government and government policy carried through democratic vote via referendum or parliamentary assent; republic just means we have a democratic head osf state instead of a monarch. The USA is a democratic-republic

  • @geeache1891
    @geeache1891 Рік тому +1

    Nonsense. This video is just there to stir up the polarity of the "Democratic" and 'Republican' parties, I guess. Encyclopedia, such as wikipedia, show the definition of a republic as: A republic (from Latin res publica 'public affair') is a state in which political power rests with the public and their representatives, in contrast with a monarchy. This last subsentence defines a republic. How democratic a republic is, or how well minorities are protected, totally depends on the laws that have been made, how the government is organized and how voting is organized.

    • @Mike-ne8eb
      @Mike-ne8eb Рік тому

      Precisely. 👍

    • @IllustratetoEducate
      @IllustratetoEducate  Рік тому

      This has nothing to do with stirring up the Democratic and Republican parties. This video is about the two different forms of government.

  • @NickHernandez2024
    @NickHernandez2024 6 місяців тому +1

    3:37 just learned this, Judicial Review is not a constitutionally mandated thing or even named in the constitution. Judicial Review comes from the Case of Marbury V Madison

  • @KhristianGillespie
    @KhristianGillespie 2 місяці тому +1

    AMERICAN BEEN REPUBLIC

  • @claudioferrara4455
    @claudioferrara4455 3 місяці тому

    You guys in the US have very confused ideas about these terms. The definition you give here for ‘republic’ is , in actuality, the definition of RULE OF LAW: having a constitution with solid checks and balances, that protects minorities and ensures no one is above the law. A republic is simply a form of government where the head of state is elected rather than hereditary. Period. This is the meaning in ANY OTHER LANGUAGE except American English, including the other variants of English, and this speaks volumes about the agenda behind this twist of meaning. If your definition were correct, paradoxically, countries like Spain or Sweden - that do have constitutions with sound checks and balances - would be ‘republics’ despite being, well, monarchies. On the other hand, China is unquestionably a republic (it’s even in the country’s name: The People’s REPUBLIC of China) but I wouldn’t say minorities are protected in China, nor that real checks and balances exist. Ditto for Russia.
    As to democracy, this term is universally used to mean REPRESENTATIONAL DEMOCRACY today. Nobody dreams of using it to mean direct democracy. And, for the record, ancient Athens was NOT a pure/direct democracy. There were magistrates to whom executive powers were delegated, the archons, and there was a representative assembly, the Boulè. Pure democracy is only a theoretical model that never existed in history. Even in primitive societies, villages have some form of ‘council of the elders’ (that’s what the word ‘senate’ means in Latin).
    So, to answer the question: the US IS a democracy, because people have a say in public affairs through elected representatives (indeed, it’s the world’s first modern democracy), AND it’s a republic, because its head of state is elected rather the appointed or hereditary.

  • @DonnieToys
    @DonnieToys 2 місяці тому

    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:7)
    Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:12-13)