> Either the US hasn't been a democracy in the first place. Well, it really wasn't, and still isn't. It's a republic: the people decide who make the laws and

> Either the US hasn't been a democracy in the first place. Well, it really wasn't, and still isn't. It's a republic: the people decide who make the laws and who executes them. In between these choices there's never really been anything for the people to do but ask their representatives to do things.