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2023-12-04 17:41:26 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8C62FC073094B5199DFD2F91DC66BBF989CCDBF410E7ADA3C2CD51484DABACF8
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A constitutional republic is a form of representative democracy; the claim that it is "a republic, not a democracy" is incorrect and is a truncated form of the more accurate (albeit oft misused) "a republic, not a *direct democracy*". Tweet is not misleading, NNN. https://www.npr.org/2022/09/10/1122089076/is-america-a-democracy-or-a-republic-yes-it-is https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/lesson-plans/Intermediate_RightsandResponsibilities_handouts.pdf https://reason.com/volokh/2022/01/19/the-u-s-is-both-a-republic-and-a-democracy/
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