system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why do Americans call their government a Democracy when it is by definition a Republic?
gpt
It is a Democratic Republic, the representatives (republic) are selected by the people (democracy). In Rome having money and power already, made you a senator (representative) and not selection by the people. So they were just a republic. Hence SPQR (the senate and people of rome) was the official name for the roman republic.