Are large-scale/national democracies even practical?

[Delta4Embassy]

Hear so often how the US is a democracy when most know we aren't. We're a "Constitutional Republic." A Democracy would mean the whole citizenry votes on everything which doesn't seem practical. Instead, a Republic elects representatives who vote at the various levels of government. Yet when we invade and conqueor weak countries like Iraq (heh) we install true democractic systems. Yet don't practice that system ourselves. Why? Just not practical with so many citizens, or are we against actual democracy?

 

[Mojo2]

Hear so often how the US is a democracy when most know we aren't. We're a "Constitutional Republic." A Democracy would mean the whole citizenry votes on everything which doesn't seem practical. Instead, a Republic elects representatives who vote at the various levels of government. Yet when we invade and conqueor weak countries like Iraq (heh) we install true democractic systems. Yet don't practice that system ourselves. Why? Just not practical with so many citizens, or are we against actual democracy?

Yet when we invade and conqueor weak countries like Iraq (heh) we install true democractic systems.

OH?

Please show some substantiation for this.

 

[occupied]

Hear so often how the US is a democracy when most know we aren't. We're a "Constitutional Republic." A Democracy would mean the whole citizenry votes on everything which doesn't seem practical. Instead, a Republic elects representatives who vote at the various levels of government. Yet when we invade and conqueor weak countries like Iraq (heh) we install true democractic systems. Yet don't practice that system ourselves. Why? Just not practical with so many citizens, or are we against actual democracy?

We install puppet governments beholding to the US and especially our big corporations masquerading as a representative democracy, something the people there are less than enthusiastic to participate in because they know they are now our vassal state.

 

[bripat9643]

Hear so often how the US is a democracy when most know we aren't. We're a "Constitutional Republic." A Democracy would mean the whole citizenry votes on everything which doesn't seem practical. Instead, a Republic elects representatives who vote at the various levels of government. Yet when we invade and conqueor weak countries like Iraq (heh) we install true democractic systems. Yet don't practice that system ourselves. Why? Just not practical with so many citizens, or are we against actual democracy?

What makes you think democracy is practical, period? Every one that has ever existed eventually blew up. Democracy is a self-limiting disease.