Breaking news for the founding fathers and authors of the Constitution. Or not.
A confused NineShift reader alleges that the United States "is a republic, not a democracy."
I believe this might be a fad-of-the-day, certainly not a fact of the day, for those who support destroying our democracy. Clearly we are at the crossroads of once again either reconfirming our nation's democratic ideals, or abandoning them.
The standard definitions appear to indicate that the United States is both a republic and a democracy. Republic being a type of democracy.
And it was beyond my capability to find a respected statesman or President who said we are not a democracy. From the authors of the Constitution through Ronald Reagan, I found much advocacy and dedication to our country as a democracy. Even Vladimir Putin, much admired by our our current president, appears to have said as much.
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