... The United States are each democratic. The United States of America, the federal whole of the states is in no way democratic. It is fully a republic by way of the states.
I'm being explicitly pedantic because it matters. The USA is NOT democratic. At all. It is a republic. The States of the USA ARE representative democracies - vote for reps, they vote for laws.
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The United States are each democratic.
The United States of America, the federal whole of the states is in no way democratic. It is fully a republic by way of the states.
I'm being explicitly pedantic because it matters.
The USA is **NOT** democratic. At all. It is a republic.
The States of the USA ARE representative democracies - vote for reps, they vote for laws.
I don't care about the member states for the sake of this argument.
The people elect representatives that act at the federal level. Period. Anything more than that is extra information that's outside of this simple definition.
I don't care about the member states for the sake of this argument.
The people elect representatives that act at the federal level. Period. Anything more than that is extra information that's outside of this simple definition.
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