You’re confused. Are politicians elected in the USA, or do they inherit their positions in government from their fathers? Do we have a president for life, whose father was the previous president? Do we have separation of powers and the rule of law, or not? You’re the one that implied that the USA is ruled by elites and that the Founding Fathers set it up to be so. The definition of a “republic” cannot exclude the people choosing who represents them in government; otherwise it is not a republic. The same goes with a constitutional monarchy, where the difference is the monarchy and the trappings thereof.
Elites rule in every government on earth.. and every kind of government its just the nature of government that determine who and How those are in charge...
[ The definition of a “republic” cannot exclude the people choosing who represents them in government; otherwise it is not a republic. ]
In a republic the States have a central government(federal) as a vassal.. In a democracy the States become provinces like in Canada.. and are vassals of the central government.. Thats what starting happening to the U.S. after the Civil War here..
[ The same goes with a constitutional monarchy, where the difference is the monarchy and the trappings thereof. ]
A monarchy is Mob Rule(by mobsters) exactly like a democracy is.. no difference.. or communism(socialism)..
**Note: America has three governments.. Federal, State and Local...
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Democracy is the road to socialism. -Karl Marx
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