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I guess you are conflating "democracy" and "republic", as Jefferson (?) pointed out. The key thing is not democracy but the separation of powers, and the rule o

I guess you are conflating "democracy" and "republic", as Jefferson (?) pointed out. The key thing is not democracy but the separation of powers, and the rule of law, which is more or less what a "republic" is meant to be.

int_19h 2y ago
The word "democracy" had a very specific and narrow meaning in Jefferson's day that it no longer does in modern English.