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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
Don't trot out that old talking point. The U.S. was never a direct democracy, but it is a representative democracy.
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It is a very old talking point.
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As the delegates left the building, a Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got?”
With no hesitation, Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” Not a democracy, not a democratic republic. But “a republic, if you can keep it.” - 1787
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Also known as a constitutional republic, if you believe in the constitution part. Republican means representative.