re: A constitutional republic, not a democracy

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We're a relative democracy
I have never heard this description. What do you mean?

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True vs relative.

It means you can call it democratic, but its not a democracy.

Where people vote for lawmakers, not laws. Democracy literally means rule by the people.

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Democracy is Relative
In other words, certain things need to be beyond the reach of the majority, precisely because they embody values that a society needs to survive, and that nobody has the right to ignore or shun. No majority can make what is wrong into something that is right.

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We have protections from mob rule and democracy.

Those are not decided by popular vote, they are in our constitution