About this idiotic talking point, heard mostly from the libertarian right these days, @lessig wrote something good. https://medium.com/@lessig/the-united-states-is-not-a-democracy-it-is-a-republic-54e8036c781c …https://twitter.com/Tessersnacks/status/891972534253387776 …
If you call a government "a democracy" that means the majority rules. Period. Read: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Democracy_vs_Republic …pic.twitter.com/YiEiJPIAmp
