Philip Duffy clears up the difference between democracy and a constitutional republic

The United States is not a democracy in spite of the nonsense that students learn in school.  It is a federation of sovereign state republics with limited, enumerated powers defined in a constitution.  That doesn't fit on a bumper sticker, whereas democracy does, which probably reflects its appeal.  The framers of the Constitution had a different perspective, choosing to not mention democracy once in the text of the Constitution.  It is not that they didn't think about the term.  Democracy is actually mentioned five times in The Federalist, all in a negative context.  The founders feared democracy as much as they feared monarchy.

~ Philip Duffy, March 22, 2019

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