There are several here who scream that we are not a Democracy. They do not acknowledge that Democracy is a part of the deal, they are trying to take it out of the description all together. I suspect there are darker forces at play here.
They say shit like, "we are a Republic, not a Democracy." That is a silly statement as if the two are mutually exclusive. We are a Democratic Republic, that is an accurate statement, we are also a Republic, and we are a Democracy. But to exclude Democracy is silly at best, and subversive and destructive at worst.