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Old 03-26-2008, 11:09 PM
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Re: U.S.A:democracy or republic?
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Originally Posted by Master jedi View Post
I don't know if this is the right form, but here it goes. Some people at my school think that U.S.A is a republic with democratic standards. Me and some other people think that is we are a democracy. A group of city states is what a republic is right? So I want to know what you people think. Is U.S.A. a democracy or a republic?
Well, you could call the US a Representative Democracy. It was originally designed to be a Republic, however, due to it's sheer size & expanse, the conversion to Democracy was inevitable.
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