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Originally Posted by waste gate
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It's a stretch to call it democracy.
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One of the myths of the left. The US isn't a democracy, its a republic.
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I think it's one of the tricks of the right to denigrate the left. A Republic is also referred to as a Representative Democracy.
Jefferson called himself and his friends Republicans. Hamilton liked to refer to them as Democrats, which to his mind meant mob rule. Some history books call them "Democratic-Republicans", a term neither side ever used. The actual Democratic party originated with Andrew Jackson.