We do not live in a democracy simply because of the fact that we do not strictly go upon majority rule, rather we as well consider minority rights! Which, to me is better. However with that said, please understand that there is a difference between democracy and the democratic party. Democracy is a form of government in which the majority always rules! The democratic party is a political party, in which the members with in have varied conservative and liberal ideals. Please do also understand the difference between a political party and ideals. The 14th amendment known AKA the Due process state amendment applied the constitution to the states.
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Most Americans know nothing about our government except it has a Congress and a President. They don’t know that these two belong to two of the co-equal three branches, either.
Our government is a Federal Constitutional Republic with a President that shares powers with the states that have their own spheres of sovereignty.
I’m sorry dude, but you’re just factually incorrect. America is unarguably a democracy. What we are not is a direct democracy. We are a representative democracy. We are a constitutional democracy. We are (what we call) a republic.
Again, you’re talking the term “democracy” to mean specifically a direct democracy, which we are not. We are, however, a democracy.
Well, its debatable what democracy really is. A number of political scientists who study the issue make the case that democracy means something more than mere majoritarianism and it must include other aspects, such as respect for minority rights and a rule of law.
You are right that the Democratic Party is a major political party in the US which has members across the political spectrum, but these days tends to be center-left overall.
Liberalism is a specific political (and economic) philosophy which stresses things like individual rights, proper procedures, and social contracts. It grew out of Enlightenment Humanism. Despite what a lot of people think, it isn’t really related to Marxism, and in America it is popular on both the right and the left (although the label is not). The label is misused (IMHO) in the US to mean anything on the political left.
know nothing about our government except it has a Congress and a President. They don’t know that these two belong to two of the co-equal three branches, either.