I have battled a lot of liberals/leftists over the years and I can tell you this is a very common theme among them thinking we are a democracy. It's probably wishful thinking on the elites part and these liberals/leftist learn it through the indoctrination process. Mob rule is really what the elites want in order to help destroy this Constitutional Republic which is totally opposite of how our government is/was set up.
You wouldn't believe just how many of these liberals I had to inform them to go look up on how this country was set up. Even my uber leftist state rep got caught with her pants down when she tried to push the "we are a democracy" garbage on me.
Once they realize Constitutional Republic is correct, then it's so predictable where they nuance the h*ll (or as I like to say, baffle us with BS) on what a democracy/republic is. They are SO predictable.
CGato