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    Quote Originally Posted by Magaraja View Post
    The UK is not a republic and does not have a codified constitution. It hasn't fallen into an oligarchy or a dictatorship yet.
    The UK is an oligarchy, just like Canada.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    WRONG. Shall I list some more? China. North Korea. Argentina. Zimbabwe. Uzbekistan. Cambodia. Chad. Cuba. Egypt. Ethiopia. Iran. Libya. Madagascar. Sudan. Syria. Vietnam.
    All those countries have codified constitutions. I posted links to the first three earlier in this thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    False dichotomy fallacy and contextomy fallacy. Dictionaries have their place. Defining words isn't one of them.
    Indeed defining words is one them .. and new words get created all the time. Dictionaries are filled with these newly-created words.

    Language is dynamic, not static.

    Can one be both a republic and democracy at the same time?

    Of course it can.
    AMERICAN HISTORY ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH THE COURGE AND SACRIFICES OF CONSCIOUS WHITE AMERICANS, LIKE VIOLA LIUZZO, EVERETT DIRKSEN, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND FOR OUR SURVIVAL.

    In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guille View Post
    Actually the USSR did have a constitution. It didn't mean jack shit but they did have one.
    Tsarist Russia had no constitution. During the brief time Russia had a constitution, they were a republic. Stalin destroyed that constitution and turned the nation into a dictatorship. Russia has since never had a constitution. Today, Russia is an oligarchy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magaraja View Post
    It did though:

    https://www.scribd.com/document/5836...R-Constitution

    But as I said earlier, Stalin ignored it.
    Then there was no constitution during Stalin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    um yes they do idiot


    that is their entire purpose
    The purpose of a dictionary is to standardize spelling and pronunciation. No dictionary owns any word. No dictionary is the authoritative reference for any word.

    The definitions of words come from many sources. Some are defined by philosophy. Some are defined by a logic. Some are defined by science. Some are defined by mathematics. Some are defined by religion. Some defined by engineers. Some are defined in other languages and imported into English. Some are just defined by common use among people. No dictionary defines any word.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    it is their complete purpose idiot
    Nope. Dictionaries do not define any word.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    Synonyms for democracy
    Synonyms
    republic, self-government, self-rule



    you don't get to redefine words for your political idiocy
    A republic is not a synonym of a democracy. They are two completely different forms of governmental structure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    The purpose of a dictionary is to standardize spelling and pronunciation. No dictionary owns any word. No dictionary is the authoritative reference for any word.

    The definitions of words come from many sources. Some are defined by philosophy. Some are defined by a logic. Some are defined by science. Some are defined by mathematics. Some are defined by religion. Some defined by engineers. Some are defined in other languages and imported into English. Some are just defined by common use among people. No dictionary defines any word.
    Some are defined by culture.

    The only purpose of words is to convey thought.

    There is nothing sacrosanct about a word.
    AMERICAN HISTORY ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH THE COURGE AND SACRIFICES OF CONSCIOUS WHITE AMERICANS, LIKE VIOLA LIUZZO, EVERETT DIRKSEN, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND FOR OUR SURVIVAL.

    In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    I don't see any documented numbers there numb nuts
    False authority fallacy. Go do your own footwork, you lazy ass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/republic


    republic noun

    re·pub·lic | \ri-ˈpə-blik


    \
    Definition of republic
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    a
    (1)
    : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president
    (2)
    : a political unit (such as a nation) having such a form of government
    b
    (1)
    : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law
    (2)
    : a political unit (such as a nation) having such a form of gove
    Incorrect. Merriam Webster is wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magaraja View Post
    All those countries have codified constitutions. I posted links to the first three earlier in this thread.
    They are not used. They do not functionally exist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy




    democracy noun

    de·moc·ra·cy | \di-ˈmä-krə-sē


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    plural democracies
    Definition of democracy
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    : government by the people
    especially : rule of the majority
    b
    : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
    democracy and republic are synonyms

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    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    A republic is not a synonym of a democracy. They are two completely different forms of governmental structure.
    One can be both a representative democracy as well as a direct democracy at the same time. We are that.
    AMERICAN HISTORY ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH THE COURGE AND SACRIFICES OF CONSCIOUS WHITE AMERICANS, LIKE VIOLA LIUZZO, EVERETT DIRKSEN, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND FOR OUR SURVIVAL.

    In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.

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