>There is a vast difference between, what we have, a 'representative democracy' and a 'democracy'. To have a real democracy ...
You need to change your definition of democracy. Maybe in the 1700s, your terms might have been useful to a population understanding the mechanics of democracy.
But today we have to think a little more in our own terms than those outdated definitions.
Democracy: a series of governments that changes peacefully.
For example, we can make new laws or get rid of old laws. The leaders of our government change every couple years.
Before democracy, the law of the land rested on the whims of one man, and all change to the government usually happened through bloodshed.
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