Rolling blackouts in California have power experts stumped

Re:Rolling blackouts in California have power experts stumped by eggy on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @09:29AM (#24198267)

Given the subtopic I commented on was bringing up NYMBYs and political process and the word democracy, I don't see this as a red herring, or an attempt to divert or smokescreen the argument; I simply stated the US is a constitutional republic, which some would argue further and label it a federal republic. It seems your quote is from lexico.com. How do you respond when someone asks you what type of government does the US have?

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Re:Rolling blackouts in California have power experts stumped by kmonsen on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @06:42PM (#24205203)

Here is what you said: "To be clear, the US is a constitutional republic and not a democracy, and the constant use of the word democracy dilutes this fact."

Here is what happens when you google democracy: "a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives."

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy: 1a: government by the people especially : rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

dictionary.com: government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.

You said the US is not a democracy, all definitions I can find says it is.

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