A couple posts earl;ier you claim we've a 'republic'.
Typical of Leftists to either not know the difference or blur it.
EXCERPT:
What is the American Form of Government
By Stephen Palmer
May 18, 2008
The common belief — which is grossly incorrect — is that the American form of government is a democracy.
Our founders were clear that democracy is the
worst form of government.
A more correct — albeit simplistic — answer is that we are a republic.
A more sophisticated answer is that we are a constitutional republic.
The most thorough answer comes from the
Federalist Papers.
James Madison didn’t use these exact words, but he described the American form of government as an Extended Limited Commercial Federal Democratic Republic.
“Extended” refers to geography — never before in history has there been a republic that covered so much territory.
“Limited” refers to the fact that the Constitution expressly defines what the government can and cannot do.
Commercial refers to our national character.
The Founders said that there were three main national characters: martial, religious, and commercial. Rome had a martial character, as does China. Ancient Israel had a religious character.
Since religious and martial-character nations tend toward tyranny, the Founders chose commercial.
By federal, Madison meant as much power as possible was preserved with the People, and that the federal government only existed for specific and limited purposes.
The idea of federalism is that the closer one gets to the People the more power there is, while the closer one gets to the federal government, the less power one finds.
Democratic refers to the idea that we are a social democracy, although not a governmental democracy.
Social democracy is the concept that intrinsic in our culture is the understanding that all men and women are created equal, that no individual is better than another, and that everyone has equal opportunity to succeed.
Why It Matters for Freedom
As James Madison wrote in
Federalist Paper #10:
“…democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
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