Subj : Re: YouTube pays Trump To : Anthony Bonante From : IB Joe Date : Thu Oct 09 2025 10:55:42 On 08 Oct 2025, Anthony Bonante said the following... AB> AB> IJ> We are a Republic, not a democracy, and we survive on the rule of law AB> AB> The United States is both a republic and a democracy, functioning as a AB> constitutional federal republic that operates on democratic principles. AB> It's a Republic... Please Please show me where in the Constitution, or any other founding document where the word Democracy is?? <--- Insert here... Even the Pledge of Allegiance... :Start "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." :Stop Says... "And to the Republic for which it stands"... NOTE it doesn't say the Democracy and or Democratic Republic, or any other derivative... It's clear... "And to the Republic for which it stands" After the Constitution, the legal document we use as a legal framework for our Republic... Benjamin Franklin responded to a woman's question... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/spxPsUEJNls He responded... We are a REPUBLIC but only if we can keep it. He didn't say a Democratic Republic but only if we can keep it. During the creation of the Constitution, and saving the country from failure were the things added to said document that makes it not democratic. During that time they had to add features to the constitution that made it not a democracy. Small states like Rhode Island, Connecticut and any other small State did not want to sign on to the constitution as a Democracy because they'd be beholden to the whims of the large states like New York and when not... So they added things like... El Rections are not done by Popular Vote but rather the Electoral Collage. Though The House has proportional representation... The Senate has 2 Senators per-state to assist the states that have less population. Wyoming has 1 house Rep and 2 Senators... California has 52 House Reps and... 2 Senators. During this time they added the Amendment process and agreed to in part for the first 10 Amendments... The Bill of Rights... All of this was done to minimize centralized power and to maximize the power of the people. Had the US been a democracy Hillary would have been a President... But since it's a Constitutional Republic she was served her walking papers... Thanx to Daddy Trump. Yes, the US settles matters of who is going to represent the people though democratic processes... At the end it is a Republic. And thats where the Democratic process ends... I will wait for you to respond to my question... where in the constitution does it day Democracy or Democratic Republic... IB Joe, Pronouns (FJB/LGB) AKA Joe Schweier SysOp of 4A 6F 65 73 42 42 53 -=JoesBBS.com=- .... Old computers make great boat anchors --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Windows/64) * Origin: JoesBBS.Com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTP:80 (1:342/201) .