Lol that feeling when your own source refutes what you say. Read YOUR link again: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/republic#note-1 More than this, you should understand those definitions very clearly. Read them carefully. Your own source proves my case. I don't need to read the Federalist Papers to know that the Founding Fathers were staunchly against Direct Democracy. Herp Derp, Boomer, we're aware of this. But there are more than one type of democracy, dumbass. Save your patriotic horseshit for another day. Understand this fact: a republic IS a representative democracy. You can read more about this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy And a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY IS DEFINED AS: "Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected persons represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of representative democracy: for example, the United Kingdom (a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy), India (a federal parliamentary republic), France (a unitary semi-presidential republic), and the United States (a federal presidential republic)." And with that being said, you're still a fucking retard for even claiming that it's not a democracy because 'muh constitution' and 'muh federalist papers'. The whole time you were blinded by your Trump voting, Murica horseshit, bald eagle memes and your Proud to Be An American music playing in the background with your false dichotomy politics, you fucking Nascar watching trailer trash. Your entire speech is nothing short of Boomer Starter Pack propaganda. The GOP is dogshit because of people like you and I, for one, am looking forward to your quit exit.