Letter: Clearing up the democracy issue

Let me see if I can clear up the confusion. A republic is a form of democracy -- to be specific, a representative democracy. A nation or state does not have to be a direct democracy governed through an ongoing series of plebiscites to be termed a democracy.

Oh, yes, and a government whose polices are formulated at the behest of corporate executives and interlocking corporate boards is not a democracy -- that's called an oligarchy.

KELLY KRIEG

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