Most conservatives like to point out that the United States is a republic, not a democracy, but they rarely ask what the difference truly is. Benjamin Franklin stated that the U.S. would remain a republic only if we fought to keep it that way, meaning the system could change over time if the population was not vigilant. We will be exploring the classical definition of a republic, determining whether the U.S. currently fits the description, and talking about how we can return to republican government if we have indeed lost it.

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