[T.L.Sink]

More accurately, we are a democratic republic. And we've moved more in the direction of direct democracy thanks to our ability to amend the Constitution. But that's another story.

[hedgetrimmer]

Nope, the truth is, the United States was established as a Constitutional republic. But we now submit to a corporatist fascist soviet(meaning council) style government through a weakness in the American people's ability to preserve their rightful government.