Is America still a democracy in the minds of its people, or only in the stories it tells itself?

@DogMan It mentions that in the pledge of allegiance. "and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands"

@AllycatAD It’s literally both, none of ya’ll even know what words mean anymore

@EBSVC Maybe, but that's your opinion now isn't it

@AllycatAD No. It’s isn’t an opinion. Words have meanings.

The United States is, objectively and factually, both a republic and a liberal democracy

That is as an objective a statement as saying it is capitalist and the sky is blue

@EBSVC It appears you might be half right.
according to this webpage
https://pediaa.com/what-is-the-difference-between-democracy-and-constitutional-republic/#google_vignette

@AllycatAD That article you linked is not about the kind of democracy that the US is. It’s about the old kind of direct democracy.

The US is a liberal democracy which is a completely different governmental structure to what that author is talking about. It is a much more modern kind of democracy with roots in The Enlightenment. As opposed to what that article is talking about which is the kind of democracy done in Ancient Greek city-states for example

That’s why at the beginning it says they currently have massive overlap and are largely interchangeable

Liberal democracies have constitutions (or equivalent documents) which are the ultimate power of law

The US is both a republic and a liberal democracy

There are some states for example where ballot initiatives become law automatically or the legislature HAS to pass them if the people vote for them.

That’s literally democracy.

It’s both.

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