With the removal of Senatorial appointment by the states we took a big step towards democracy, same is true with the continual expansion of the electorate. Should the Electoral College be removed or effectively circumvented we would be pretty much a democracy.
Government has always taxed property and always will, that has nothing to do with socialism in which you would have NO private property at all. Even without government you hold property only conditionally. In fact, you hold it more tenuously without government.
What the hell do you think Kelo was? The government literally said "if we can imagine a way that more money would be made by taking your property [and giving it to someone else] that's legit."
There is no such thing as private property, only property the government allows one to hold, under the Kelo ruling.
Even without government you hold property only conditionally. In fact, you hold it more tenuously without government.
Laughable; considering that the government can imagine some 'tax' you were 'evading' and seize your property under that pretext... or, that might be too much work, they can just no-knock raid your house, plant some drug, and bust the baddie [you] to get rid of you.