Quote:
Originally Posted by CountryBoy1981
Funny thing is the U.S. has never been a "democracy;" the U.S. is a republic.
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democracy
[dih-mok-ruh-see]
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noun, plural democracies.
1.
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
2.
a state having such a form of government:
The United States and Canada are democracies.
3.
a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
4.
political or social equality; democratic spirit.
5.
the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.
This is a definition I extracted from dictionary.com
From what I understand and the jist of what Mr. Carter was trying to say
and define by the term of democracy is from the definitions #3-5.
I do not believe and I doubt that the ex president of
the United States does not think that
we are not a republic. He is speaking and referring
to something much deeper than that:
political and social equality, equality of rights and previledges.
Below is an excerpt and definition of republic from dictionary.com
As you can see, it defines it more as a system or type of government...
republic
[ri-puhb-lik]
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noun
1.
a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
2.
any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
3.
a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.
4.
(initial capital letter) any of the five periods of republican government in France.
Compare First Republic, Second Republic, Third Republic, Fourth Republic, Fifth Republic.
5.
(initial capital letter, italics) a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato dealing with the composition and structure of the ideal state.