Constitutional republic or constitutional democracy. Whatever you choose to call it, our form of government is the greatest on the planet.
Everyone should read the following for new, fresh insight that is an easy, quick read. It will probably surprise you.
Is The Second Amendment Worth Dying For?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3633354/posts
It’s a pet peeve of mine, too. I refer to the pince-nez pedants who lie in wait for the US to be called a democracy so they can bedazzle bystanders with their superior patriotism. It’s irritating.
“Repeat after me-—the United States is not a democracy. It is a constitutional republic. The Founders, to a man, loathed and feared democracy. “
We were, sigh. Now we’re a banana republic thanks to those that call themselves democrats.
When the Courts and the Politicians have no respect for the Constitution, the Document they Swear an Oath to Defend and Protect, the Republic is doomed.
I hate it when people call left-wingers liberals.
Nicely done.
Ping.
I know we were founded as a constitutional republic but which model were we exactly following? What did the founders say?
They are using the term in the generic sense. The government is selected by the people is some form. All those people you are getting outraged at know very well how the government works. They are not wrong to use the term "democracy". Your outrage is misplaced.
The structure of our government is republican and the process of our government is as a representative democracy. The United States even has elements of pure democracy, the New England town meeting and the 26 states that have initiative and referendum where the people can pass laws without politicians.
“Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” Sir Winston Churchill
https://richardlangworth.com/worst-form-of-government
“Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”—Ronald Reagan
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ronald_reagan_387305
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Until the 17th Amendment, no republic in history denied the lawmaking consent of a component member. Since 1913, the states have been subjected to arbitrary, despotic rule – tyranny. While the Constitution and subsequent laws and court rulings still act on the states, the states have no say in the government of their creation. Left in the wake of the 17A is federalism without a federal government!
This contradiction, this tyranny within an otherwise rational form of government will be our demise. Because of the 17A, the tyranny exerted on the states is fast overwhelming the other component of the American republic – the people.
The United States of America is a Constitutional Federal Republic.
I grew up in a time when the word democracy was in common use. At some point the Democratic Political Party began to promote Democracy for America. In order for any political party to further socialism for a nation that nation must first become a democracy.
Liberals insist that America is a Democracy because we hold democratic elections.
They ignore the fact that the word “democracy” never appears in either the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. The Constitution guarantees to every state a Republican Form of Government. Also, the word democracy doesn’t appear in any of the state’s Constitutions. We pledge allegiance to the flag and the Republic that is stands for.
American is no more a democracy than a liberal is a classical liberal.