Once again a caller to C-Span reminded us that “we are not a democracy, we are a Constitutional republic”.  We might recall we also are not capitalistic, we are a Constitutional republic.  But as to democracy, as heard on a Bill Moyers discussion, “governments don’t do democracy, people do democracy”.  In the same character of indoctrination, socialism has been belied as contrary to democracy when it may in FACT be a definition of democracy.  Americans have been self-deluded by the pandering by capitalistic-supporting politicians that we are “exceptional” when the USA may not even be noteworthy among functioning democracies around the world.  We are, however, showing signs of fascism. read more