Personally, I care not a whit as I am not long for this world anyway. So you don't really have a dog in this fight? I would hope so.
The belief that all private actions have public consequences, combined with the belief that all public consequences are subject to public decisionmaking, leads down the dark road to totalitarianism.
Not necesarily. They can lead as in the case of our society to a representative republic, with staggered elections checks and balances etc.. Our founders did not create a democracy subject to rule by majority, the passions of the moment or the mob. They did create a system where open debate and discussion can be had. The problem is that people seek simple solutions to complex problems or want either black or white answers. Reality isn't as simple as that.
