Oh boy.
Wrong on so many levels but hey. I'll just tackle the important stuff. Yes... democracy exists only where there is a democratic form of government. A democratic form of government can be anything from direct democracy to constitutional monarchy. In between that you have the representative republic.
[democracy].........................................[constitutional republic]
banks-------------------------------------------------------god
majority-----------------------------------------------individual
government-----------------------------------------constitution
public servants------------------------------------government
case & statute law------------------------------public servants
corporations----------------------------------------statue law
individual-------------------------------------------corporations
I am not even going to bother saying why this is ****.
Moving on.
Democracy is not antithetic to republic. Democracy is a concept. Republic is a set of rules by which a country is governed by.
Basically a republic demands (in order to be called that) that the power of rulership shall be divided into 3 equal branches -> legislative, executive and judicial. Why? Because the alternatives are monarchy for instance and depending on the monarchy you can have the monarch be the leader of all 3 branches and thus, be a dictator. A republic also states that the head of state will not be a monarch but will be a man elected by the people. A man voted in office. These 2 things, elected head of state; and separation of powers; are the core 2 tennents of a republic.
So I have no idea what this is about
Moving on.
A representative republics adds to that the notion that the people need to be represented in the legislative process too.
Now. What did I tell you that the principles of democracy are? Power to the people. The best way to do this is through voting. Voting is a democratic process. Do you vote in the USA? Yes, you do. Congrats, you are a democracy because you, the people, are powerful because you can vote for stuff.
The difference between direct democracy which is a FORM of GOVERNMENT, and not just a philosophy, because it is a way to implement philosophy of democracy in real life, says that whatever the people vote on, that's final no matter what the majority is. Basically, if you have 50%+1, whatever the issue voted on is, whether referendum of political party, that party or issue that received 50%+1 wins and trumps everybody else without the rest having a say.
To exemplify, the electoral college is direct democracy. That tyrannical thing you hate. Why? Because if you get 50%+1 you TRUMP everybody that is in the 50%-1. They don't matter. They've been defeated by a small majority.
The house of representatives is in fact the only part that responds to the representative part in representative republic. Because the people represent their constituents and it is made in such a manner that everybody should get represented on their issues. That's the theory.
Now. The senate, you are correct. That is why it was created, to represent the states, and the house of representatives to represent the people.
the founders did not create democracy ,they created a constitutional republic, america has moved--------> closer to representative democracy with the removal of the check and balance of government...the 17th amendment to the constitution.
DEMOCRACY IS DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.....OURS IS REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
"In Republican government power is NOT in one set of hands,......its in the hands of the ...people...states, and the electoral college, which presents the union/nation. Since power is not concentrated in one set of hands, (special interest or faction), cannot work as easy to get government to create programs or laws, which they wish to create for THEIR INTEREST,... because the house cannot create programs or laws, which would expand government power and takeaway the VAST powers the states are charged with ( because the senate is controlled by state legislators). [Now on the other end of the spectrum]...........(state legislators) cannot use the senate........to create programs or laws, which deal with money, and make the people PAY for them, because the constitution only gives the house the authority to appropriate money."
THIS ABOVE MEANS POWER IN NOT ONLY IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE , BUT 3 SETS OF HANDS,............ AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE A DEMOCRACY!
THE ONLY THREAD<------ OF DEMOCRACY CREATED BY THE FOUNDERS IS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THAT IS ALL.
Alexander Fraser Tytler -- "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can ((vote)) itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, *(the majority always --->votes for the CANDIDATE promising the most benefits<--- )* with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy."
FEDERALIST 10 JAMES MADISON-- "The other point of difference is, the greater number of citizens and extent of territory which may be brought within the compass of republican<----- (than of) ------>democratic government; and it is this circumstance principally which renders factious combinations less to be dreaded in the former than in the latter"
MADISON IS SAYING YOU WILL HAVE LESS FACTIOUS COMBINATIONS .....UNDER REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT......(THAN OF) DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT ............CLEARLY........HE DRAWS A CONTRAST AND DEFINES THE TWO AS ----->DIFFERENT.