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Not to fear my fellow Americans! The U.S.A is a Republic not a Democracy. . . Although, many view it as a democracy. . .even president's do the same. https://ne

• int_19h 10y ago
  The USA is a democracy under the 21st century dictionary definition of the word "democracy", which includes representative democracies like USA. It is also a republic. To be very specific, it is a constitutional federal democratic representative republic. Now, back when the Declaration of Independence was written, your statement was true - for the simple reason that the word "democracy" was very exotic then, as was the form of government itself. The people who used it then, used it more in a sense of Aristotelian dichotomy between demokratia and politeia (the latter word was later somewhat incorrectly translated to Latin as "res publica"), and generally implying direct democracy. Since then, numerous new democratic states appeared, with various differences in their specific arrangements - and so there was a need for a word that would describe the things that are common to all of them, and distinguish them from states with other forms of government. "Democracy" happened to be the one that was already in use, but also rare enough that its evolution wouldn't be bothersome, and its etymology made it the perfect candidate; and so, here we are. So, what you were really trying to say - assuming that you meant the original 18th century meanings of the words - translates to modern English as, "USA is a representative democracy, not a direct democracy". Well, duh.