Which is why it’s a shame to see you fight each other as if that isn’t the case.
I would wholeheartedly recommend reading How To Win Friends And Influence People (or at least this summary). Especially if you’re trying to convince people to vote in the midterms.
They admitted in court that it’s not a democratic process so they couldn’t be held to that standard.
Also, I have heard zero talk from them about transitioning from a republic to democracy, so they are also republicans as I see it.
Words can be hard. I get it.
This coming from the person who apparently thinks political party names are literal. Do you think the nazis were socialist? It’s in the name so it must be true!
You do not capitalize the word democrat unless you’re talking about members of a corporate controlled party within the United States. What’s so hard to understand?
Do you really see the idea as exclusive to you? I get it. Americans don’t see democracy as universal, just some selective cudgel you weaponize to steal natural resources. It’s not. It’s a universal human right that we all are entitled to.
Democrats are not democratic. They just aren’t.
Right. My point is that political parties very often don’t operate the way their name might suggest. Assuming Democrats would have internal processes that are democratic is, unfortunately, not a safe assumption to make.
Edit: Reread the thread. I guess that means your original comment was right. I still think it’s dumb to insist on using “nicknames” like “Demo©®at” though, and especially when you’re discussing the meaning of words it only serves to confuse the conversation, because you’re actually referring to the entity that everyone else would just call “Democrats”. It’s unclear what distinction is being made.
Good thing lemmy isn’t a courthouse so we say words with the intention of understanding instead of debate :3
I would say that we’re living in a truthy alternative facts America, where nothing is defined, everything is a pejorative, and it’s not just Trump.