It was a democratic republic. Now it's a fading empire.
stupidbird
I'm going to go throw baseballs at birds outside.
Also 'democratic' is so insanely different when it's restricted by 'republic' and things like the 10th. To claim otherwise is naive, stupid, or a malicious lie.
It doesn't matter if the end result was different, the United States fit the definition of a Democratic Republic, where all houses, senates, and heads of state are elected by the people. Just because it didn't work doesn't mean the definition didn't fit.
This is dissimilar from the Roman Republic, which is closer to what we know as Parliamentary Democracy - the House(s) are elected, but the senate and possibly the head of state are appointed by intermediaries or consulates.
Further. For EXAMPLE. If a state were so inclined, due to the 10th. A STATE could make 100% of guns illegal within itself. The federal government couldn't stop them. The 10 explicitly restricts the federal government's power with the constitution. Not the states.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
HOWEVER: the (((14th))) changes that.
It's democratic within each state - the STATES are democracies. The US is a strict republic - in no way is it a democratic entity. This is why federal elections are controlled entirely; from start to finish, top to bottom, by each individual state for it's residents.
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