We are supposed to be a constitutional republic, meaning that we are represented by people who have been elected by us. The problem comes when they no longer represent us.
“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” Thomas Jefferson
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” John Adams
Knew I could count on the republic not a democracy crowd. Apparently nobody even read the article. There is a ton of truth in it.
Everyone here knows we are a republic, however, I am tired of hearing that as an explanation for governing against the will of the vast majority of the nation. Every time the public at large expresses an opinion, we are solemnly told by some sniffing a-hole, “but then you must remember....this is a republic”.
The phrase has turned into a tool of sophistry to explain to the majority while they will be ignored yet again and why they will never have control over the direction of the nation.
The republic was expressly designed to **do the will of the people**, as expressed in elections, while maintaining a framework to ensure the individual was protected from unjust mass will. A republic was not a tool for an oligarchy to flip the finger to the masses and freely ignore them.
Yes, we all know its a republic. But a few here and in our government needs to re-examine what that really means.