• @ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    110 months ago

    Always tell those people that we are a federal presidential constitutional republic or fpcr for short. Then tell them that is a form of democracy.

    • @EatATaco@lemm.ee
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      210 months ago

      I’ve debated it plenty, it appears they either cannot grasp the difference between a direct democracy and a representative democracy. I’ve even had plenty try to argue that directly electing the president (effectively a representative for the whole US on the world stage) would make us a democracy and no longer a representative democracy. lol