Pennsylvania's structure of government during the Revolutionary war was a good example of direct democracy. Direct democracy is defined as a form of political decision-making in which all citizens in a small assembly decide all business concerning the public (Greenberg 7). In my understanding, direct democracy is the closest the US became to a genuine democracy. Pennsylvania's government structure had annual elections, a bill did not become a law until the following session, and then if the people did not want the bill to become a law they would vote in a new representative. The United States did not run the nation under direct democracy but they decided on a representative government. Republicanism's rule by the people is indirect and the term "people" is narrowly defined to people with ownership of land, for example. How can the people have rule in government when the government is afraid of the people? The government is strictly limited in function and the representatives at on their own to know what the people want. Republicanism, which is also called elite democracy, is not democratic in any way; the definition of democracy cannot be found in republicanism (Greenberg 32).

The Supreme Court is the uppermost law in the country and the judges that make those laws are not even voted into office by the people but indirectly through the president. One of the most important decisions in this country is not even determined by the people.

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