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   On 08 Oct 2025, Anthony Bonante said the following...   
      
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    AB>  IJ> We are a Republic, not a democracy, and we survive on the rule of law   
    AB>    
    AB> The United States is both a republic and a democracy, functioning as a   
    AB> constitutional federal republic that operates on democratic principles.   
    AB>    
      
   It's a Republic... Please    
      
   Please show me where in the Constitution, or any other founding document where   
   the word Democracy is??   
      
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   Even the Pledge of Allegiance...   
      
   :Start   
   "I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE   
   REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY   
   AND JUSTICE FOR ALL."   
   :Stop   
      
   Says... "And to the Republic for which it stands"...  NOTE it doesn't say the   
   Democracy and or Democratic Republic, or any other derivative... It's clear...   
   "And to the Republic for which it stands"   
      
   After the Constitution, the legal document we use as a legal framework for our   
   Republic... Benjamin Franklin responded to a woman's question...   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/spxPsUEJNls   
      
   He responded... We are a REPUBLIC but only if we can keep it.   
      
   He didn't say a Democratic Republic but only if we can keep it.   
      
   During the creation of the Constitution, and saving the country from failure   
   were the things added to said document that makes it not democratic.   
      
   During that time they had to add features to the constitution that made it not   
   a democracy.   
      
   Small states like  Rhode Island, Connecticut and any other small State  did   
   not want to sign on to the constitution as a Democracy because they'd be   
   beholden to the whims of the large states like New York and when not...   
      
   So they added things like... El Rections are not done by Popular Vote but   
   rather the Electoral Collage. Though The House has proportional    
   epresentation... The Senate has 2 Senators per-state to assist the states that   
   have less population.  Wyoming has 1 house Rep and 2 Senators... California   
   has 52 House Reps and... 2 Senators.   
      
   During this time they added the  Amendment process and agreed to in part for   
   the first 10 Amendments... The Bill of Rights...    
      
   All of this was done to minimize centralized power and to maximize the power   
   of the people.   
      
   Had the US been a democracy Hillary would have been a President... But since   
   it's a Constitutional Republic she was served her walking papers... Thanx to   
   Daddy Trump.   
      
   Yes, the US settles matters of who is going to represent the people though   
   democratic processes... At the end it is a Republic.   
      
   And thats where the Democratic process ends...   
      
   I will wait for you to respond to my question... where in the constitution   
   does it day Democracy or Democratic Republic...   
      
   IB Joe, Pronouns (FJB/LGB)    
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