In this day and age we are taught in school and told on the news that the United States is a Democracy and we are spreading democracy to the world. The only problem with that is that the U.S. was never ment to be a democracy, it was founded as a republic and should really still be one as far as the legalities are concerned. So let's find out what differences if any there are between a Democracy and a Republic.

A republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, retain supreme control over the government. The term is generally also understood to describe a government where most decisions are made with reference to established laws, rather than the discretion of a head of state, and therefore monarchy is today generally considered to be incompatible with being a republic. One common modern definition of a republic is a government having a head of state who is not a monarch. The word "republic" is derived from the Latin phrase res publica, which can be translated as "a public affair", and often used to describe a state using this form of government.

So a Republic has voting but ALL laws have to be legal according to the Constitution & Bill of Rights forming a sort of safety net. That no matter what happens as long as any new law does not violate the Constitution & Bill of Rights we will remain safe and free as a nation. Now let's look at a Democracy.

Democracy is a form of government in which all citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal (and more or less direct) participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law. It can also encompass social, economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination. The term comes from the Greek: δημοκρατία – (dēmokratía) "rule of the people", which was coined from δῆμος (dêmos) "people" and κράτος (Kratos) "power", in the middle of the 5th-4th century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following a popular uprising in 508 BC.

Withinn Democracy there are two forms being Direct Democracy and Representative Democracy.

Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to autocracy and direct democracy. Two countries which use representative democracy are the United Kingdom (a constitutional monarchy) and Germany (a federal republic).

Direct democracy is a form of governance in which people collectively make decisions for themselves, rather than having their political affairs decided by representatives. Direct democracy is classically termed "pure democracy". Depending on the particular system in use, it might entail passing executive motions, making laws, electing or dismissing officials and conducting trials. Direct democracy stands in contrast to a representative democracy in which the decisive authority is vested in a subset of people, usually on the basis of election.

In conclusion a Democracy can best be described as "Mob Rule". That is to say that in a Democracy 51% of the people can tell 49% of the people what to do with no ultimate protection. IE The United States Constitution. The U.S. was founded as a Republic because our rights are viewed as being granted by God and therefore no matter how corrupt the government gets you are protected from losing your rights.