Sharon McMahon

They don't like it when you say it's a democracy. They will try to correct you and say it's not a democracy. It's a republic.

So all constitutional republics are democracies, but not all democracies are constitutional republics. America is both of those things. It's both a Republican and democracy. And this is one of those things that like gets under my skin. I'm always so curious what the point somebody is trying to make when they say that.

So all constitutional republics are democracies, but not all democracies are constitutional republics. America is both of those things. It's both a Republican and democracy. And this is one of those things that like gets under my skin. I'm always so curious what the point somebody is trying to make when they say that.

So all constitutional republics are democracies, but not all democracies are constitutional republics. America is both of those things. It's both a Republican and democracy. And this is one of those things that like gets under my skin. I'm always so curious what the point somebody is trying to make when they say that.

Well, you don't even understand it because it's not a democracy.

Well, you don't even understand it because it's not a democracy.

Well, you don't even understand it because it's not a democracy.

Democracy is mob rule. This is another thing people will say. Democracy is like two wolves and a sheep trying to decide what to have for dinner. This is another thing that people will say. Oh my God.

Democracy is mob rule. This is another thing people will say. Democracy is like two wolves and a sheep trying to decide what to have for dinner. This is another thing that people will say. Oh my God.

Democracy is mob rule. This is another thing people will say. Democracy is like two wolves and a sheep trying to decide what to have for dinner. This is another thing that people will say. Oh my God.

I mean, it's pretty good. I don't get it.

I mean, it's pretty good. I don't get it.

I mean, it's pretty good. I don't get it.

The majority are going to vote to eat the sheep. So it's mob rule.

The majority are going to vote to eat the sheep. So it's mob rule.

The majority are going to vote to eat the sheep. So it's mob rule.

That's right.

That's right.

That's right.

That's absolutely true. Literally from the very beginning, before the modern Republican and Democratic parties, which have not existed in the format that they exist today for very long, you have the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists, which were very much this idea of how much should the federal government do versus how much should the state governments do.