Posted on 07/13/2024 4:52:27 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Ever since he dazzled the world with speechifying on behalf of the common man at the 2004 Democrat convention, Barack Obama has been pushing his own brand of “democracy.” Here we are, in 2024, and Joe Biden is parroting the Obama “democracy” talk. The way we know this blather is issuing from the latter, not the former, is because on July 4th, 2024, Obama predictably took the opportunity to tweet this:
The Fourth of July is about celebrating the big, bold, inclusive experiment that is our American democracy. And it has always been an experiment. Our democracy has never been guaranteed, which means we can’t take it for granted. We need to keep fighting for it, keep improving it, and keep making sure it reflects the better angels of our nature instead of the worst. That, more than anything, is what America is all about.
Judging from the sentiments expressed in that communiqué, the former president is either still unaware that America is a constitutional republic or is unequivocally invested in incrementally imposing majority rule upon a defenseless minority by issuing warnings that “democracy” is in peril.
The key difference between a democracy and a republic lies in the limits placed on government by the law, which has implications for minority rights. Both forms of government tend to use a representational system -- i.e., citizens vote to elect politicians to represent their interests and form the government. In a republic, a constitution or charter of rights protects certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government, even if it has been elected by a majority of voters. In a "pure democracy," the majority is not restrained in this way and can impose its will on the minority.
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I watched that speech. It was the first time I'd ever really noticed Obama. Occasionally, I'll have a strong, instinctive reaction upon first exposure to some individual. It happened during that speech and all my instincts told me this guy is a con man and what he's saying might or might not have anything to do with what he really thinks.
He's proven my instincts right ever since that 2004 speech.
I watched it too. I told the other person in the room to watch out for this guy because he’s going to be president one day. It was like his persona was tailor made to win Americans over.
The Marxist view of it is: "Do what our street mobs want - or else!"
Marxists love democracy. Stalin, 100% turnout, 100% vote for Stalin. Same for every other thug. Saddam Hussein. Kim Il Sung. Pol Pot. All loved democracy. Even at the point of a gun it was democracy.
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