Posted on 02/21/2022 6:43:22 AM PST by Kaslin
We’re not even a republic any more.
Any male citizen could participate and vote in the main assembly.
Ah, the good old days.
JK ladies!!!
So nice to see them using the word democracy and showing how much they love democracy,(puke on my shoes)
I bet they do this on purpose. To condition us to think that when they are in power, they rule absolutely (like in a democracy)
Sort of like they are doing now, with the thinnest of majorities.
Epic fail.
....”A democracy is a form of government that empowers the people to exercise political control, limits the power of the head of state, provides for the separation of powers between governmental entities, and ensures the protection of natural rights and civil liberties. In practice, democracy takes many different forms.....”
One definition....another long-time common lay definition was “rule by the mob”....no, our form of gubbermint is (supposedly...) a representative republic, not a democracy...but, yes, we are not even a republic any more...
These fanatics do it as a tactic to control the narrative, promote their agenda and shut down any vocal opposition. After all, only bad, unreasonable, hate-filled, racist, anti-woman and/or ignorant people are against democracy. The internet and media are fantastic, powerful tools to help them in ways Stalin and Hitler and other despots couldn’t even dream of doing in their day. If the US were truly a democracy, lots of leftist garbage would never have been (unconstitutionally) imposed on a free people ...like abortion and homo marriage.
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot with a title.
” If the US were truly a democracy, lots of leftist garbage would ...”
That’s a good point!
The author makes some good points but I cannot take seriously anyone who writes that Marbury was appointed by Federalist POTUS James Madison. When any 7th grader would know it was Federalist John Adams. In fact Madison was Jefferson’s Sec of State. The Sec State at that time dealt with many more matters than foreign policy. Signing judicial appointments was one of them. The author is either ignorant or too lazy to proofread his work.
We’re a republic in name only.
What we are in actuality is a kleptocracy.
“I bet they do this on purpose. To condition us to think that when they are in power, they rule absolutely (like in a democracy)
Sort of like they are doing now, with the thinnest of majorities.”
Right on the money. That is exactly what it is... A narrative to brainwash. And through that false branding transform our perspective about our true form of government. Repeat a lie long enough...
It was plainly obvious that it is intentional when they were impeaching trump. Before they were all parroting the false brand, during the trial they changed to using using “Our Republic” to try and appease Senators, then after they went right back to “Our Democracy” again.
I have been working on a video to show this deception, but I have been finding they scrubbed most of the accounts where they used “Our Republic” during the trial. It was all too telling and exposed their hypocrisy.
I think it’s become more of a paedocracy. A nation ruled by children in adult bodies, self-centered, foolish, moody, and often very nasty.
I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy. Democracy has never been and never can be so durable as aristocracy or monarchy; but while it lasts, it is more bloody than either. … Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appears in history. Those passions are the same in all men, under all forms of simple government, and when unchecked, produce the same effects of fraud, violence, and cruelty. When clear prospects are opened before vanity, pride, avarice, or ambition, for their easy gratification, it is hard for the most considerate philosophers and the most conscientious moralists to resist the temptation. Individuals have conquered themselves. Nations and large bodies of men, never.
John Adams, The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
Everyone should have figured out long ago that “our democracy” is a codeword. You will never hear anyone but Democrats use it, and it translates to “Democrat power and control”.
They don’t give a flip about actual democracy, or that we are a representative republic for that matter. They are not misinformed or using the wrong word, once you understand that it is a codeword, what they say makes perfect sense. When they express fear over “losing our democracy” they are saying they are afraid of losing their power and control.
When the states lost control over the selection of its Senators to political factions we went from a "separation of powers" to a "win at any cost" form of government.
Although the battle still rages, the field has now been taken by crooked lawyers.
Emotion driven people are ruling us now.
They want what they want, no matter the consequences or cost.
This argument gets more and boring and ridiculous each time.
For the record we sure as hell are a Democracy BUT our form of democracy is that of a representative republic. We freely vote for whoever we feel represents us the best. Our version of a representative republic has many checks and balances to protect minorities from the tyranny of the majority. We sure as hell are not a direct democracy. The founding fathers rejected that concept and for good reason.
There is an old man named Mike Pence
Who is best known for riding the fence;
When asked to delay it
He just couldn't say it;
And now he's of no con-se-quence.
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