The International Symbol of Democracy
No wonder democrats are so fervent about it.
America is a REPUBLIC (freedom by decentralized governance), NOT a “democracy” (slavery by tyranny of the majority).
What the “Save our Deomcracy” morons don’t seem to understand is that in a true democracy there are no elected “representatives “.
They’ll be jobless.
Ehh... not impressed with the author’s conclusions - Especially claiming that “troo” democracy didn’t start until women’s suffrage and it’s all been downhill from there and then claiming that most minorities didn’t get to vote until the civil rights act of 1965?
While it’s true that raw democracy, which is not what America has, is vile because the people will vote themselves into a tyranny (like Venezuela which we’re well on our way to becoming) the problem we see now isn’t a “voting” problem but the government itself subverting the Democratic process - starting back with Clinton’s terms in 1992 to “reverse” the Reagan years, squandered the USSR’s collapse to ingratiate himself and the DNC (and continues to this day) and probably laid the foundation for 9/11, the economic collapse of 2008 and then began subjugating the US populace outright leading to the perverse world we live in today.
This isn’t “democracy’s” fault. When RINOs resign en masse because the conservative wing of the GOP won’t follow DNC ideologies - that’s not Democracy. That’s subversion of government.
Has there ever been a real Democracy? And what happened to it?
There was a longing for a benevolent dictator in many ancient societies.
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.”
Alexander Fraser Tytler
I think we’re getting pretty close to that point.
but we have a constitution in the US....if it was followed, we would have no problems...
Churchill had it right - the worst EXCEPT for all other forms that have been tried... and why is democracy great? Lincoln had that part right - of the people, by the people and for the people...
Well, here’s the rub.
Founding Father quotes may inspire or impress most on a board like this one.
However, much of the under 40 population has been raised to despise the countries founders and to hate what they created. Advice from the past out of hand rejected.
A true government democracy is nothing but mob rule. The Democrat Party works to get a democracy here vs a republic because they think they can deceive enough idiots and imported third-world slags here into endorsing Democrat candidates into voting for them. Think French Revolution.....
The International Symbol of Democracy
John Adams said, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Even members of the Republican Party refer to our system of government as a “democracy.” This is why the Republican Party is also known as The Stupid Party. They get confused reciting the Pledge of allegiance where it mentions, “and to the Republic…”
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” John Adams, our second President.