Question

What is the difference between Democracy and true democracy

Answer 1

The key difference between a democracy and a republic lies in the limits placed on government by the law, which has implications for minority rights. Both forms of government tend to use a representational system — i.e., citizens vote to elect politicians to represent their interests and form the government.

Answer 2

A true democracy has many definitions. A simple way to understand democracy uses these 2 definitions:

In a strong democracy, the government is controlled by ALL of the people.

In a weak democracy the government is controlled by a FEW of the people.

Elected Representative Democracy, ERD, is now customary. Its main benefit is that you only need to vote for a single person, who will cast their vote, for their benefit, for their term in the office. So they may not vote the way you would. If your candidate loses, you are excluded from democracy. In either case, you are powerless and thus free to do other things, and be justifiably shallow.

With ERD, the USA passed legislation in 2015: a 1600 page bill, over one trillion dollars, not debated, not transparent, passed in the 11th hour, under extortion circumstances (government shutdown), and admittedly not read by the representatives. And the process repeated every year afterward. I consider this a weak democracy.