> No. It's not, or at least, it wasn't. By law, it is a constitutional republic. Woof, I gotta say I super dislike the parsing out of "republic" vs. "democracy

> No. It's not, or at least, it wasn't. By law, it is a constitutional republic. Woof, I gotta say I super dislike the parsing out of "republic" vs. "democracy". It almost always deliberately misses the point: our government is supposed to represent us. And honestly, what does "by law" add here? > You're just using one form of corruption to justify your chosen form. There's nothing corrupt about social programs? That's not what "corruption" means.