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No, Democracy is not where "the majority rules". Majority rule is a principle of democracy, but isn't necessary in all cases in a democracy. There are direct democracies in existence today where strict 'majority rule' certainly does not decide ALL matters. They can also limit the powers of the government, though politically it would be difficult to maintain this.
True Republics are democracies, in most cases.
If you want to have conversations about limited government, why not just start out with that conversation? Why do people make fools of themselves trying and failing to sound intelligent by having a ridiculous semantic debate?
i tell every to read more than just the constitution, read the federalist papers, the founders created republican government, not democratic government.
federalist paper #39 "plan of conformity to republican principles"....not democratic principles.
america is to practice republicanism...not democracy.