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 …
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Just because something is a thing, it doesn't mean that all things are that something. C'mon dude.
When you're describing a system of government, a democracy is "majority rules". That's separate from "democracy" describing a voting public.