Democracy is a buzzword that means votes are cast. There's no need to pretend that the technical distinction between a direct democracy and some form of constitutional republicanism has any bearing on what I said about that. Pretend I typed the same sort of thing about capitalism also.

This is about as far as I will go to address pilpul. Like if you have a counterargument you want to explore lets ahead. But get (or keep) it in your head that reclaiming the definition of words with the aim of changing or invalidating the intended meaning of your partner's argument without addressing it is not proper argumentation.

Offer the word you wish I had used- because I am not playing a game over that- and then use it to address what I clearly said.

Democracy is a buzzword that means votes are cast. There's no need to pretend that the technical distinction between a direct democracy and some form of constitutional republicanism has any bearing on what I said about that. Pretend I typed the same sort of thing about capitalism also.

This is about as far as I will go to address pilpul. Like if you have a counterargument you want to explore lets ahead. But get (or keep) it in your head that reclaiming the definition of words with the aim of changing or invalidating the intended meaning of your partner's argument without addressing it is not proper argumentation.

Offer the word you wish I had used- because I am not playing a game over that- and then use it address what I clearly said.