deskpro2k3 said:
okay grab a chair, I'm about to hit you with some knowledge. [PDF] Democracy in the United States - Homepage | USCIShttps://search.uscis.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=uscis_gov&query=handouts "The United States is a representative democracy. This means that our government is elected by citizens. Here, citizens vote for their government officials. These officials represent the citizens’ ideas and concerns in government. Voting is one way to participate in our democracy. Citizens can also contact their officials when they want to support or change a law. Voting in an election and contacting our elected officials are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy."
The American Heritage Dictionary Republic: "A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them" - we are that. A common definition of "democracy" is, "Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives" - we are that, too. |
my point is that you are not distinguishing between democracy and representative democracy
when the difference in this case is vast
when you replied you replied to me previously you said that its pretty much a democracy and it appears to me that you are now acknowledging that you were wrong to say so
