XPost: alt.society.liberalism, alt.atheism, talk.politics.guns   
   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "linuxgal"  wrote in message   
   news:L7CdnVLLgtiPigTMnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   > RD Sandman wrote:   
   >> linuxgal  wrote in   
   >> news:hvWdneM47PanZwXMnZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@giganews.com:   
   >>   
   >>> RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>>> linuxgal  wrote in   
   >>>> news:FMqdnYQEXdKbgwXMnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@giganews.com:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> That's my point.  We elect representatives who then elect the   
   >>>>>> President,   
   >>>>>> and other representatives who make laws, which means this is a   
   >>>>>> representative Republic.  We only see democracy at the state level   
   >> and   
   >>>>>> below.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>> Wrong.  We operate as a representative democracy or republic.  What we   
   >>>> are not is a pure or direct democracy.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's what I said.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Not quite.  You said we only see democracy at the state or local level.   
   >> That is not true.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Name one instance of direct democracy at the federal level.   
      
   Electoral College.   
      
      
      
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