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Originally Posted by fckm
See people, this is what happens when you don't pay attention in high school history class, you come out with the mistaken impression that the US is a democracy. We're not. We're a constitutional republic/democratic republic. The republic part is key.
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Obviously we have a political scholar in our midst
. Most people refer to a country with popular elections as democratic in regular discussion. I didn't say our political system was a democracy. If you failed to understand my usage of the word, that is a personal problem and not a reflection on MY education.
In a republic, those elected are put in place to represent the will of the people, not to rule indiscriminatly. If people have a problem with how some public affair is being handled, there are often direct referendums on to what should be done. They are usually labelled as "proposals" on a ballot. Suprisingly enough, these suggestions often become law :gasp:. So if a group of parents are not satisfied with how their publicly-funded school is being run they can make their opinions known to the democratically elected representitives to do something, or make a proposal.