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Originally Posted by Hasbinbad
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Those sentences have been condensed in colloquial language to: "American Democracy." If you say "American Democracy" to someone, they will assume that what I meant by that is: "The United States of America is defined as a federal constitutional republic. It is a constitutional republic and representative democracy, "in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law". The government is regulated by a system of checks and balances defined by the U.S. Constitution, which serves as the country's supreme legal document."
In any case, it's not a pure democracy or republic. It is what it is. We have a novel form of government here, whatever you call it.
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Well OK then, we agree.
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Problems do arise though when we all assume that everyone speaks as well as understands "colloquial language" the same way. In my humble opinion, most have no idea what our system actually is nor how it works. If they did, then we would not be where we are today. The government is just as corrupt as the large corporations these days. In fact they are damn near the same thing. Both intertwined too tightly for our system to work effectively. That is one of the many issues that needs to change.