I don’t mean to be cruel, but I’m laughing right now at the hand-wringing I’m seeing here on FR. The average voter is an ignoramus, you say? Well, there’s a news flash! PROTIP: the Founders restricted the franchise to rich white men for very good reasons. But no, we were so much smarter than they were. Everybody gets to vote now.
And yet we cry when they vote for the slickest con artist on the midway.
Well, save your tears. I have been arguing against representative government here on FR for the better part of a decade now, and I have always been shouted down. “I trust the American people!” the critics say. “God won’t let them vote the country into the toilet!” Well, please don’t squeeze the Charmin, friends, but the Ti-D-Bol Man is off the port bow.
Giving the average moron a vote is like giving a chimpanzee an Uzi. History demonstrates this over and over. Yet we act surprised when Bongo shoots up the joint? Madness.
So cry if you must, but don’t believe for a minute that I’m crying along with you. Nope, I’m laughing my ass off — at the election, the system, and the pathos of no-more-kings “conservatives” who are finding out the hard way that a government that derives its powers from the will of the governed is a tyrant worse than the worst king that ever lived.
Your suppositions are correct.
Few actually will touch this kryptonite, especially politicians. Tonight, we are seeing the ramifications.
Unfortunately, we are in store for some very hard lessons. Some lessons will come too late to allow us to correct our errors.
Anyone who disagrees with this is deluded, and I would question the usefulness of their rhetoric. Like you, I've been telling anyone who would listen for quite some time these truths. I don't doubt that you receive the same look of dissonance that I get, from those who don't flat out disagree with you.
However (you knew it was coming), I do not share your apparent glee. Hard times and lessons will befall these people. I'm being honest when I tell you, depending on who it is, I can feel pity, indifference, or urgency. I struggle to feel the love born from caring enough to correct/enlighten. I can quite famously fall short. I will not feel joy for those that are God-fearing, nor do I believe that either you or I should.
Please take this with the best of regards. Mike
You have NOT been alone in challenging the populist 'tards. The mob is fickle and incompetent to rule, and I never understood why folks who love our Republic would think otherwise.
Next issue: The REALITY of the increasingly secular nature of America, especially among the white population (there, I said it). This is something I wish more folks on this site would acknowledge.