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Re:Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against... by xj9 on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @11:39AM (#9178288)
The US is a republic.
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Re:Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against... by nickik on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @10:10PM (#9182123)
I know that. It was a general point. In a pure democracy, 51% has complet power.

Also while the US is a formal republic, it does often emulate a democracy. Based on common belives the constitution is reinterpreted, or simply ignored. This has been well documented by legal scholars such as Richard Epstein.

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