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To: Twotone

“exposing his own terrifying view of the government”

fixed it.


2 posted on 01/09/2024 3:17:20 PM PST by MNDude
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To: MNDude

RE: a view of government that, ironically, would have terrified the founding fathers, who believed in limited government.


They feared mob rule in the form of “democracy.” That’s why they tried to place restrictions on voters (not abhorrent to all woke types) to prevent a hysterical current fad at any given time from crushing the rights of the minority.

One view:
“The founders didn’t want this sort of democracy at all. The Constitution is written so that citizenship rights are very, very limited,” he says. “They worried about democracy ... It was a bad form of government because once you let everybody participate, then you’re likely to elect a demagogue. You’re likely to have people come to power who appeal to the frenzy of the masses.”
Prof. Bruce Kuklick, U.of Pennslvania in
voanews.com —_todays-democracy-isnt-exactly-what-wealthy-us-founding-fathers-envisioned.


13 posted on 01/09/2024 3:43:06 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: MNDude

SHE /HE KNOWS BARRY WAS NEVER ELIGIBLE.


23 posted on 01/09/2024 4:16:54 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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