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We don't have a democracy. It's a republic. Basically a fake democracy.

• SahAssar 6y ago
  The terms democracy and republic are not mutually exclusive. There are many different types of both and some overlap.
  • banmeagaindan2 6y ago
    Even Sparta had some democracy.
• Tostino 6y ago
  You misspelled oligarchy.
• sollewitt 6y ago
  Well, precisely define your terms "democracy" and "republic" because every democracy on earth effectively operates as a parliamentary republic - even the constitutional monarchies, so it's not clear what particular distinction you might be alluding to.
• snowwrestler 6y ago
  "Democracy" and "republic" are orthogonal. Republic tells you who is sovereign: the people--as opposed to a monarchy. Democracy tells you how decisions are made: by voting--as opposed to a dictatorship. You can have a democracy that is not a republic: Great Britain. And you can have a republic that is not a democracy: North Korea. The U.S. is a democratic republic.
  • khamba 6y ago
    A better example of a Republic that is not a democracy is Vatican City.
• freddybobs 6y ago
  The US is a democracy - a representative democracy (as opposed to say 'direct democracy'). It can be a democracy and a republic.
  • thursday0987 6y ago
    if by "the US" you mean "the federal government of the united states of america", than the words you are looking for are "constitutional republic". if by "the US" you mean "the collection of various states that make up the members of the federal government of the united states of america", than there isn't one single concept that can be applied universally. different states have different types of governments - some are even commonwealths, not states!