Quote Originally Posted by denuseri View Post
Our country is a form of democracy. We are a democracy wrapped in a republic. Pretty much very like the Romans. We have adapted it to our purposes. And yes, it pretty much is the voting that makes it a democracy in contemporary circles, rule by the people being excersized via the vote and by anyone from society being able to take a share in running things by political involvment or through other means of petition as opposed to the tyranny of a crown.
I'm not disputing that we may have BECOME that. But we were not founded as such.