Historically accurate, but not as accurate today. Given the rapid changes in our society, it may not be long before the very nature of our government changes. Consider the Supreme Court rulings concerning eminent domain and the second amendment. One ruling favors government over the individual, the other favors the individual.

A roiling mix, but one indicative of the direction our society and government are heading in.

Our Founders envisioned not a government of democracy, but a small government with severely limited powers, and democratic means as a method (in opposition to monarchy) to determine who is allowed to exercise those powers.

The democratic aspects of our society were not implemented to determine ‘what we get and how’, rather they were a method by which citizens could rectify the mistake of putting the wrong people in positions of power without relying on armed rebellion.

I would add that another way in which our constitutional republic diverts from a democracy is that our constitution is designed to define what’s on the table for a vote and what is not.

Every night 300 million people decide what to have for dinner. No “leader” or other governmental entity decides this for them (setting aside trivial diversions into USDA regulations). Every night, those 300 million people decide – for themselves. Is this chaos? Or is it simply not an issue that needs to be decided as one?

Article 2 describes the very few issues that require such single-person oversight. Mostly, that person is the executive of the federal government, not America. He or she is the “Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States” not the Commander in Chief of Americans. We do not elect a king.

History shows that the economic expression of that freedom is a large part of what has made America so successful.

Consider: government is a direct reflection of the society it derives from. Our republic derived from colonists who fled England and Europe primarily because of religious persecution. Today, our society is changing dramatically due to immigration primarily from Mexico and South America.

As the focus of our society shifts, so does government: simply because the representatives which form our government will, in a relatively short period, directly reflect the elected representatives of the new emigree’s. Largely, current immigrants are fleeing war, chaos and economic uncertainty. Much different than the original colonists, with very different views on what they want and how to get it.