Originally Posted by
ZR29907
actually USA is a Republic, but don’t let facts get in your way.
Originally Posted by
BMEP100
Actually it’s not. It is a popular mis-conception. Read Article 4 of the Constitution.
The US is a Constitutional Republic, not a “democracy.” No American founding document, not the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, or the Constitution mentions “democracy”. That’s because democracy was viewed as dangerous to the rights of minorities.
If you attended public school in the last 40 years, you are excused for not knowing.
Remember what Ben Franklin, one of the founders described when asked what kind of government the Continental Congress had been created. “A republic, if you can keep it”.
Thomas Jefferson thought democracies were dangerous because: “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”
I didn't realize how controversial the question about the nature of our govt system was, and quite frankly my ignorance on the matter, so I did a little digging....It's an online article, but I ran it through the BS filter and could not discern any noticeable stench, so I hope that it too doesn't become a part of the dispute! Lol
It seems like everybody might be able to save some face, as based on the link I've posted below, it turns out that our system is an alphabet soup of all the disputed terminologies.
Apparently, The United States is
both a democracy and a republic.
The stricter classification would be
Federal Constitutional Representative Democracy (whew!), which can also be termed as a
Federal Constitutional Republic.
The article is clearly written, and states why all the terms in the strict classification applies/is appropriate to the naming of our system of government.
https://act.represent.us/sign/democracy-republic/