De> The founding fathers made it clear, we are a republic and not a democracy.
Both. We're both. A republic *and* a democracy. To wit:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/republic
> 1a(1): a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in
> modern times is usually a president
> (2): a political unit (such as a nation) having such a form of government >
> b(1): a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens
> entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and
> representatives responsible to them and governing according to law >
> (2): a political unit (such as a nation) having such a form of government
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy
> 1a : government by the people
> especially : rule of the majority
> b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and
> exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of
> representation usually involving periodically held free elections
> 2 : a political unit that has a democratic government
The two are *not* necessarily exclusive, and Merriam-Webster even debunks this
line of thinking in the FAQ for "democracy":
> Is the United States a democracy or a republic?
> The United States is both a democracy and a republic. Democracies and
> republics are both forms of government in which supreme power resides in the
> citizens. The word republic refers specifically to a government in which those
> citizens elect representatives who govern according to the law. The word
> democracy can refer to this same kind of representational government,
> or it can refer instead to what is also called a direct democracy, in which
> the citizens themselves participate in the act of governing directly.
-╟╢âlian
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