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That's semantic sleight of hand. The US is clearly a representative democracy. One related opinion on this topic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/20

• throwaway2048 4y ago
• seanw444 4y ago
  Yes, republics utilize some democracy. Are republics == democracy? No. Otherwise one of the two words wouldn't exist.
  • colinmhayes 4y ago
    It's a square and rectangle situation. Republic is a subset of democracy.
  • the_only_law 4y ago
    If you’re only allowed a single word to represent anything, I’m afraid much of your sentence is incomprehensible because o many of those words simply can’t exist.