Bonus points if it’s usually misused/misunderstood by the people who say it

    • aidan@lemmy.world
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      Well to a lot of people democratic rule isn’t their primary goal, that’s why they emphasize it.

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      Well technically, we’re a constitutional monarchy with the King of Canada as our nominal head of state. Gosh. Though I wouldn’t mind opening that discussion.

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        …constitutional monarchy with the *rightful heir of Emperor Joshua Norton as our nominal head of state.

        Fixed that for you, prepared to go to war over it