america doesnt call herself a democracy, but rather a democratic republic. the reason for this is because it encompasses the two political philosophy from some of the greatest empires ever, ancient greek, a pure democracy, and ancient rome, a republic. when you hear things like "we fight to bring democracy" what they really mean is they fight so that citizens can have a say. also, a pure democracy would not work in america because the 5 highest populated states would be able to beat out all other 46 states (DC counts as well). Why would any president care about what wyoming or virginia has to say? literally just get the votes from california, new york, texas and florida and ur good. also also, the amount of representatives from a single state is determined off of the population of a state. for example, california has 53, and wyoming has 1. we are the United
States of america not the united people. the reason why america wouldnt work in a pure democracy much like other countries is because of our population. out of the top 10 populated countries in the world,
none of them are a pure democracy. and I mean literally none. theres a reason why these countries use some form of republic (except for china, they're literal commies) and not a pure democracy. pure democracy is mob rule. if 10 people get together and 5 decide they want to eat someone, everyone else has a choice, either join the 5 people, or run the risk of getting eaten. the kind of choice that would be made here is quite simple.
