[salviati]

> the US is not a democracy.

Since when? You probably think that it has been a democracy at some point. And I'm sure the US did use torture at the time you deemed it a democracy.

Hence I don't get your point.

[DyslexicAtheist]

I never claimed it was a democracy, either today or in the past. I actually said the opposite.

[cr125rider]

Is this a “technically it’s a presidential republic” sort of thing?

[salviati]

I see. I thought you meant "under Trump the US is not a democracy". Which I think is a pretty common opinion. But now I understand you meant "the US has never been a democracy".