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India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.
I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.
I shall always strive to be worthy of it.
I shall give my parents, teachers and all elders respect and treat everyone with courtesy.
To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion. In their well-being and prosperity alone lies my happiness.
So much misinformation here it's difficult to know where to start. First of all, democracies and republics are not mutually exclusive. Regarding democracies having 'power in the hands of the people' and 'laws being passed by a majority', in a first-past-the-post system like the UK you can end up with a government that a minority of the population voted for. How could the 'will of the majority' override existing rights' in this case? There is also a thing called a constitution which limits what governments - even ones with a popular mandate - can do in a democracy
Lol not this sh#t again. A democracy is where power is in the hands of the people, and a republic is when elected representatives take the decisions for the country. A country can be both. That's literally what India is: a democratic republic. Coz the power is in the hands of the Indian citizens, and they choose elected representatives for a fixed period, to take decisions which will improve their lives and grow their country.
You're comparing two different concepts, as if they're in contrast with each other, even though they're their own concepts.
This sh#t was started by the idiotic American far-right, and now it's spread across the world lmao. Even the US is a democratic republic.
Yeah that makes it credible for sure lol.
A democracy is simply rule of the people, i.e., political power rests with the people, not with some other entity.
Republic is when the public/citizens exercise their political power through elected representatives (hence the name "Republic" in the first place).
You can have a democracy without a republic. For example in a direct democracy, people don't elect political representatives, but they all vote on each issue separately, and the stance voted in by the majority, becomes the law. Switzerland is semi-direct democracy for example, coz it's somewhere b/w a direct democracy and a republic. Some American states also pass laws on some issues on the basis of a public vote/referendum. Other public referendums, such as the Brexit referendum in the UK, are also examples of direct democracy.
This particular image might be from Byju's, but this whole "Democracy vs Republic" kind of comparison was started by idiotic far-right wingers in the US first, in order ito justify their autocractic tendencies, by saying that "hey we're not a democracy in the first place, coz we're a republic", even though, like I said, these concepts aren't even directly related to each other, and even though the US is indeed a democratic republic, like how India is. Then this idiocy spread across the internet. That's what I mean in my original comment
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So are we a republic?
Recite the pledge of allegiance once....
India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters. I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage. I shall always strive to be worthy of it. I shall give my parents, teachers and all elders respect and treat everyone with courtesy. To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion. In their well-being and prosperity alone lies my happiness.
Yes obviously
What’s the difference between “people” and “individual citizens”?
So much misinformation here it's difficult to know where to start. First of all, democracies and republics are not mutually exclusive. Regarding democracies having 'power in the hands of the people' and 'laws being passed by a majority', in a first-past-the-post system like the UK you can end up with a government that a minority of the population voted for. How could the 'will of the majority' override existing rights' in this case? There is also a thing called a constitution which limits what governments - even ones with a popular mandate - can do in a democracy
Lol not this sh#t again. A democracy is where power is in the hands of the people, and a republic is when elected representatives take the decisions for the country. A country can be both. That's literally what India is: a democratic republic. Coz the power is in the hands of the Indian citizens, and they choose elected representatives for a fixed period, to take decisions which will improve their lives and grow their country. You're comparing two different concepts, as if they're in contrast with each other, even though they're their own concepts. This sh#t was started by the idiotic American far-right, and now it's spread across the world lmao. Even the US is a democratic republic.
But it’s by byjus
Yeah that makes it credible for sure lol. A democracy is simply rule of the people, i.e., political power rests with the people, not with some other entity. Republic is when the public/citizens exercise their political power through elected representatives (hence the name "Republic" in the first place). You can have a democracy without a republic. For example in a direct democracy, people don't elect political representatives, but they all vote on each issue separately, and the stance voted in by the majority, becomes the law. Switzerland is semi-direct democracy for example, coz it's somewhere b/w a direct democracy and a republic. Some American states also pass laws on some issues on the basis of a public vote/referendum. Other public referendums, such as the Brexit referendum in the UK, are also examples of direct democracy. This particular image might be from Byju's, but this whole "Democracy vs Republic" kind of comparison was started by idiotic far-right wingers in the US first, in order ito justify their autocractic tendencies, by saying that "hey we're not a democracy in the first place, coz we're a republic", even though, like I said, these concepts aren't even directly related to each other, and even though the US is indeed a democratic republic, like how India is. Then this idiocy spread across the internet. That's what I mean in my original comment