ZRX1200 wrote:Actually they decided we’d be a constitutional based Representative Republic.
which includes the democratic principles of rule of law and citizen's right to vote...so to be clear, the founders did not want a pure democracy because even then, with a much smaller population, it was apparent that minority rights would be trampled by the majority, so our form of government includes protection of minority rights, by having each citizen vote for representatives...
but the basic democratic principle of one citizen, one vote exists...so when you type out the US form of govt, go ahead and type out what you've specified...
and when I type the US is a democracy, it is shorthand for constitutional based rule of law where citizens have the right to vote for representatives in a republic ... we're both talking about the same place...the United States of America...