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        True democracy is scarce in our present societies, yet the illusion of a truly democratic government that is present in our nation refuses to subside. In a sense, this is one of the many myths as described in “Americans And Their Mythologies” by Jean-Paul Sartre, which is, as described ”the myth of liberty–and the dictatorship of public opinion; the myth of economic liberalism”. Democracy truly doesn’t exist in the form in which the United States operate their federal government in the manner in which people are merely deciding what position they want their state to reside instead of directly voting for a certain candidate/solution.

        This system of representation, in which one entity represents the population of a single state promotes the opinions of the majority while ignoring those of the minority, is faulty but yet viable to a certain degree. True democratic control over a government would simply be nonfunctional in that everyone would be able to have their own opinions, leading to nothing being actually done to address a certain issue. The fact that the founding fathers purposely establishing this lesser system of democracy illustrates how a completely democratic system would not be able to accomplish any tasks by abiding to the public population.

        In order to truly discuss the nature of democracy, we must observe our own stance in this system of governance, which is praised for its democracy while it is, in fact, a republic. To further explore a theme in detail, it would be best to explore the differences in that manner in which we perceive in democracy.