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the-pi-guy said:
o_O.Q said:

um... can you identify what i was criticising for me?

Can you identify what I was criticizing.

"It is also a democracy by definition of it's word."

its actually not... its the representatives that make the decisions not the majority of people

This is not true.  The US is a representative democracy.  
so according to you there is no difference between a democracy and a republic?
This is also not true.  The two things aren't opposing ideas.  Any more than Capitalism and Democracy. 

"This is not true.  The US is a representative democracy. "

lol ok what is the purpose of the representatives?

"The two things aren't opposing ideas."

which i didn't say, but clearly there is a difference between a constitutional republic and a democracy