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Just wanted to say the United States of America is not a democracy, it is a republic. In fact many framers of the constitution warned of democracy and spoke strongly against it.

Not trying to be petty but I do think details like that are important. There is a massive difference between the two forms of government.

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Agree, it's a democratic republic which is unique. It blends and contrasts the best and worst of the two, historically acceptable methods of governing and keeps the two locked in a permanent struggle; with the inevitable hope that it strengthens the country over the longest tests of time.

I would again disagree and the facts in the constitution would agree with me. The word democracy never appears in the constitution, only Republic.

The framers were strongly against democracy and the term "constitutional republic" has only recently been wrongly attributed as the form of government.

The representatives and president are chosen by votes, but that does not make it a democracy or a democratic republic.The actual legal founding document is clear, it is only a republic.

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