In the Dictionary, it states that a democracy is a “government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system” (Dictionary.com). For many years the government has made the people of the United States believe that they have a democracy for their government. But that is not the case. The people just believe everything the government says but they are also lying. This is why today the United States is not truly a democracy.
This has been a debate for many years deciding whether the government of the United States is a democracy or a republic. Evidence shows that even The Pledge of Allegiance states "and to the republic for which it stands” (ThisNation.com). Francis Bellamy, the creator of the pledge states write in the text that the United States is a republic. It is said that this government was never meant to be a democracy but a republic. A republic is “a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them” (Dictionary.com). The government has been trying to hide the fact that the United States government is a republic for
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If the United States was really a democracy, everyone would be able to vote. No one should be denied their own right to vote even if they were considered property. “Neither should race, gender, religion, ethnicity or any other factor prevent someone from attaining citizenship and exercising their right to participate in government” (Peppe, Matt). Throughout these past years there has debate around the world on who should get the right to vote. The government believes that the men and women in prisons around the United States should have a say and be able to vote. Yet they don't let some races in the U.S. vote just because of their skin color and their