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When They Say "Democracy," They Don't Mean "Democracy"
Kunstler.com ^ | 8 Dec, 2025 | James Howard Kunstler

Posted on 12/09/2025 5:33:44 AM PST by MtnClimber

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1 posted on 12/09/2025 5:33:44 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Our Democracy™


2 posted on 12/09/2025 5:33:55 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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James Howard Kunstler ping


3 posted on 12/09/2025 5:34:43 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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They mean it like The German “Democratic” Republic, or the “Democratic” Peoples Republic of Korea.


4 posted on 12/09/2025 5:35:31 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Its like the democrat party calling itself the democratic party when there is nothing democratic about it.


5 posted on 12/09/2025 5:36:00 AM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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Redefining Democracy: From Liberty to Control
Historically, democracy meant government by consent, rooted in individual rights, free expression, and constitutional limits. This tradition—shaped by thinkers like John Locke, James Madison, and Alexis de Tocqueville—emphasized liberty, not state control.
But Group A has begun to shift the meaning. In their rhetoric, “democracy” now implies:
• Economic equality enforced by the state
• Majoritarian rule unconstrained by constitutional checks
• Government as provider of outcomes, not protector of rights
This redefinition aligns more closely with collectivist systems than with classical liberal democracy. It echoes the logic of Rousseau’s “general will”, where dissent becomes illegitimate if it opposes the collective vision.


6 posted on 12/09/2025 5:40:53 AM PST by timza ( “Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual" T. Roosevelt)
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To: MtnClimber

he misspelled communist


7 posted on 12/09/2025 6:01:18 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: TonyM

They hate their actual name ever since they figured out it ends with “rat”.


8 posted on 12/09/2025 6:02:37 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: MtnClimber

What they mean by “Our Democracy” is that they are in power, with no accountability.


9 posted on 12/09/2025 6:04:42 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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“It’s getting to the point where Mr. Trump might have to go medieval on the whole lot of them, declare the Insurrection Act, and move the action into military courts. Then maybe we’ll see who can handle the truth.”

Trump is already asking the scatterbrained punk if he feels lucky.


10 posted on 12/09/2025 6:05:36 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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They say that they represent the “masses” (whatever that means)


11 posted on 12/09/2025 6:05:42 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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They say that they represent the “masses” (whatever that means)

For which they deserve outsized rewards, everybody else being "equal."

12 posted on 12/09/2025 6:07:29 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: MtnClimber

To a progressive, Democracy means “Rule by the Democrats”.

That is rule by the elites who control the masses of plebians

Hilary is elite


13 posted on 12/09/2025 6:10:42 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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It’s a Big Club, and you ain’t in it.


14 posted on 12/09/2025 6:13:08 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Bkmk


15 posted on 12/09/2025 6:14:40 AM PST by sauropod
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Their so-called communist “democracy” is an immediate, dire threat to our Constitutional Republic....BIG TIME.


16 posted on 12/09/2025 6:20:32 AM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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Democracy is the code word for communism.


17 posted on 12/09/2025 6:21:26 AM PST by Disambiguator
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A lynch mob is democracy in action...


18 posted on 12/09/2025 6:27:58 AM PST by tet68 ("We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us." Henry V.)
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If you listen to fools, the mob rules.


19 posted on 12/09/2025 6:33:08 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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“It’s getting to the point where Mr. Trump might have to go medieval on the whole lot of them, declare the Insurrection Act, and move the action into military courts.

But how long is this going to be dangled in front of the citizenry like a carrot on a stick?

20 posted on 12/09/2025 6:34:17 AM PST by AFB-XYZ (( We have two options: 1. Stand up, or 2. Bend over))
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