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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, I'll bite and play along with this 10 year old, even though I should be outside exercising today, and so should you, OP.

The US is not a democracy. The United States is a republic.

We'll wait while you go look up the difference. Please come back with a well-crafted paragraph demonstrating your understanding, and we'll go from there in this discussion.

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OP here. In school every single teacher who spoke on this subject said the US is a democracy. I would imagine schools are forbidden from teaching lies on a mass scale.[/quote]

Former teacher here. 
Either you were not paying attention, or your teachers were not well versed in their subjects.

Our education system has really deteriorated.  This is evidence right here.  [/quote]

OP here. In 9th grade the US history teacher told us that democracy means the people participate in the public. He explained what a democracy was and representative democracy was. He said the US is just a democracy, not a representative democracy. I was confused. How are we not a representative democracy if we have the electoral college. But I have to listen to the teacher because he has a degree in his subject and knows what he’s teaching. Kinda like how a patient listens to the doctor instead of teaching their doctor.[/quote]

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