[familyop]

"When or where has there ever existed a 'citizenry' that 'thought for itself', whatever that means?"

The Founding Fathers of the United States and their countrymen, of course. That's only one example.

[imardmd1]

The Founding Fathers of the United States and their countrymen, of course. That's only one example.

Not all, only a controlling majority of them, some moral, and some not. Tracing the inevitable history of its decline, I guess you can see what has happened to the ending point of their idea. Peace and decency will come only when the All-Powerful Prince of Peace comes and sets up His Absolute Monarchy. IMHO.

Maranatha . . .

[aquila48]

You mean there weren’t laws back then that you had to obey?

And how exactly does a “citizenry”, that is a “collective”, think for itself.

The whole article is predicated on mushful thinking masquering as profound thought.