Republicans are now claiming the USA is not a democracy but a republic. We have never been either one in their original definitions.
When Democritus first came up with his "theory" the Greek states consisted of a few thousand citizens who were eligible to vote, the vast majority of their populations consisted of ineligible peasants and slaves. The very idea of millions of voters casting their individual votes on each piece of potential litigation is ludicrous.
The Romans came up with the idea of a republic when they tired of their monarchy. It lasted for a while but again it could only work with a select few so called representatives. The Roman Republic descended into a dictatorship.
The USA "had" what could be loosely described in modern terms as a Democratic Republic. Unfortunately, it declined to where once voted in, most of the "representatives" served themselves, family and friends, lobbyists and their political parties instead of the constituents they claimed to represent.
Two MAGATS that were asked to describe a republic couldn't provide an answer.
I know this is "pearls before swine" when it comes to the MAGATS but learn a lesson from the Romans, don't let what was a purple cloak in Rome become an orange one in the USA!
