Have you heard these claims lately?

• “We are defending our Democracy”
• “{insert conservative name here} is destroying Democracy!”
• “We can’t allow democracy to disappear!”
• “Democracy is under attack!”

But do you know that the word “democracy” cannot be found anywhere in the constitution or the 27 amendments? Nowhere does it imply that the citizens have a right to directly decide ANYTHING about the function of their government.

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