Should the U.S. still be considered a democracy at this point?

@graphite I really don't get why Americans think that is a useful distinction.

The republic is just a method of implementing the democratic philosophy of rule.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow It’s just a goofy contrarian distinction, made by those who don’t seem to grasp that “democracy” is a stand-in for representative democracy, and not pure democracy - and has been for a very long time.

@QuixoticSoul It always confused me. In Canada if I said "We are not a democracy, but a democratic parliamentary country" people would look at me like an idiot. lol