[Mr. Know It All]

We do not live in a DEMOCRACY…

Yes we do.

de·moc·ra·cy Listen to the pronunciation of democracy
Pronunciation:
\di-ˈmä-krə-sē\
Function:
noun
1 a: government by the people ; especially : rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
2: a political unit that has a democratic government
3capitalized : the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the United States <from emancipation Republicanism to New Deal Democracy — C. M. Roberts>
4: the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority
5: the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges

[Madame Dufarge]

Yes we do

No, we don't.

The difference between a democracy and a republic

[Madame Dufarge]

These two forms of government: Democracy and Republic, are not only dissimilar but antithetical, reflecting the sharp contrast between (a) The Majority Unlimited, in a Democracy, lacking any legal safeguard of the rights of The Individual and The Minority, and (b) The Majority Limited, in a Republic under a written Constitution safeguarding the rights of The Individual and The Minority; as we shall now see.

[TCH]

Wrong. Read the Federalist papers for starters. Our Founders made a very sharp distinction between the forms of government; between a democracy and a republic. Read ‘Liberty or Equality’ by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn. Using modern definitions does injury to understanding. Modern definitions are intentionally misleading for reasons of propigating a political agenda. The only source that counts is that defined by the ORIGINAL INTENT of those who formed our government. Anything else is spurious and suspect.