Why does the U.S. have a representative democracy and not a direct democracy?
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Answer:
because we are a republic (rule by law) not a democracy (rule by majority)
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lena, The US is not a democracy. it is a republic big business appoints representatives to do their dirty work
It would be a bit difficult to get 300,000,000 people in one room and count the number of hands that were raised on every issue.
the founding fathers knew the dangers of a democracy, leads to tyranny so they gave us a Republic, rule by laws, compared to mob rule under a democracy
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