Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ...
by robocat on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:06PM
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I just figured that hundreds of years ago, everyone just agreed that democracy was a good thing, so let's define what we do as democracy. After some time the word's meaning matches what we do.
The first link implies that somewhat, but I would guess we need a historian to map the meaning over time.
The United States is a democracy. Democracy does not mean only direct democracy. Representative democracy, democratic republics, and federalism are forms of government compatible with democracy.
https://reason.com/2018/01/17/the-united-states-is-both-a-re...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/us/usa-democracy.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic