Zucas on 13 January 2010
| Rath said: @Zucas. Republic isn't a term for a non-pure democracy. Its basically a term for a nation without a monarch as the Head of State. The USA is a democracy, to be more accurate its a democratic republic. |
Well yea Americans, namely James Madison, called it a representative democracy. But essentially America's government is a republic at its core. But main point to get out of this is of course that we elect representatives not make the decisions ourselves. Direct democracy is just not a good idea in such a large nation and in one where you can't trust the people to make the right decisions. So obviously listening to the masses on their opinion of health care won't get you anywhere becuase it's doubtful they are thinking of the nation as a whole but just themselves.
