Policies don't make a democracy, the ways those policies are made make a democracy or a dictatorship

we don't need to know your political views, we are talking about democracies, not what our favourite policies would be

their government was essentially enlightened despotism, with democratically made decisions. Democracy is not a form of government, it is the way decisions in specific government are made.

a democracy is not a form of government, it is the way decisions are made in a government such as a constitutional monarchy, federal republic etc. As opposed to a direct dictatorship where the leader has ultimate power.

republics use democracy to elect positions, ruled by the people, democratically

look to the physicists

I would argue a republic is better than a democracy as a republic has checks in place to protect the individual citizen's rights. — Sigmund Freud

Who says that a democracy can't be a republic, in fact most democracies are republics

Ever heard of the German Democratic Republic?

the metaphysical reality of the situation of observing the act of playing a game called "tag", from an analytical perspective shows that one is of great immoral conduct.

Mon ami, I asked you to give a definition of democracy.

You're dodging the questions, my friend

there is many different definitions for types of governmental systems, such as the disagreements between what is fascism, I'm asking you for your definition. One cannot simply provide an unbiased definition for democracy.

I'm asking the question

what is a democracy?

I have said that your definition for a "democracy" is insufficient

I could say any country in the world is a democracy - they are all voted in, maybe by the ruling political party - but still a democracy. I say your definition of democracy is dangerously vague and null.

The metaphysical substinance behind very reason we say

why

asks us the question - how far can we stretch the ideas of government, or is it a simple illusion that we are taught to believe, but essentially ruled by nothing, but ourselves?

so, the United States of America. I inherently disagree with this statement