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turk73 | 6 years ago

Luckily, we're not a democracy!

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malandrew|6 years ago

While it's not very substantive, this observation is correct so while it may be valid to downvote, it isn't valid to flag. The US is not a democracy. It's a constitutional republic with an electoral college. The checks afforded by this system make it much harder than just manipulating a mob (which is another way to describe a democracy).

arrosenberg|6 years ago

It's both non-substantive and also incorrect. The United States is both a constitutional republic and a representative democracy. Ignoring the democracy part is a favorite trope of people who oppose it.

majormajor|6 years ago

Right now if you want to win the electoral college in the US you can largely rely on manipulating a smaller mob than you would have to otherwise...

potatoz2|6 years ago

Democracy and Republic are orthogonal the same way you can be libertarian and right-wing, libertarian and left-wing or authoritarian of either economic policy.

The U.S. is a democratic republic, because the power stems from the people (demo-), not from a small group of people (oligo-) or a single person (auto-).