In terms of form of government, we are a republic, not a democracy. But democracy also describes a free society in which people can vote and speak, as distinct from a dictatorship; in that sense, we have had democracy.
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Certain people have always been more free to speak and vote than others
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They have a point — "Everybody" believes it is. Or wants to. The fact that it's a "republic" is little consolation right now. Especially since the REPresentatives aren't doing a very good job of proxying their actual individual constituency.
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