Firstly, and most importantly, the United States is not a democracy and never has been. Secondly, the beauty of our Republic is it is possible for a person to go to bed a fry cook and wake up as President.
@swirlie Yes, of course; However, I humbly beg to differ-- I find Constitutional Republic or Representative Republic more accurate. The founders despised the thought of Democracy.. Although, "Constitutional Republic" seems a bit redundant to me because as we all know, a republic is partly defined by being governed by a charter-- IE: Constitution. "Representative democracy" is contradictory of itself.
@MyGirlPhotoswell Very true, call it a Constitutional Republic is more accurate than calling it a democracy, which would probably explain why the USA's political system is viewed as a failed 'democratic experiment' in most critical thinking political circles around the world.
Constitutional Republic refers to the fact that the US government is based on a Constitution, but the Constitution itself is more like a pre-packaged dictatorship agenda where an archaic set of rules were cast in stone and forever upheld as America's Constitutional Bible and thereafter enforced through a fake democratic process, but achieved that end without utilizing a formal State Dictator who would otherwise make up the rules as he went along, somewhat like Putin does.
This would also explain why as a direct democracy, the USA's system of governance pales in comparison to the direct democracies of other Nations. Good point you raise!
