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He even thought that the citizenry should take up arms against a government when they thought it was becoming too tyrannical. It took a revolution to make the democracy you cherish, and in my view it will take another to make real democracy (political and economic) for the majority of the world's population.

And by "real democracy" you mean Marxism, but are not honest enough to say that. Our 'Democracy' is a most successful mix of indivual freedom, capitalism, and limited socialism. All countries could thrive if they would follow our lead, instead of the Marxist vision that you preach.

A "Real Democracy" being nothing more than mob rule, Like India, always result in anarchy. Anarchy always results in less, not more freedoms, and more have nots than haves.

People, liberal socialists and downright communists, always think that when their vision of a socialistic utopia is reached that they, the elite, the good people fighting for equalities and freedom, will remain in charge of the result, retaining their postions at the top, of whatever particular elite ladder they are perched upon....gov't, media, education, economic, Corporate moguls, Unions.

But, what I wonder, are they going to do when the mob, the practicing peoples of the real democracy/anarchy thus created, topples their new democratic socialist society and they are trampled as the evil oppressors? When assassination becomes a very real political tool and riots and civil disobedience are the tools of disagreement, not discussion. When corrupt politicians are elected by mob rule, term limits abandoned and elected dictators become President. Because this is what will eventually happen.

Real democracies don't like the powerful, rich elite at the top who seem to see themselves as supperior beings knowing what is right for everyone not belonging to their elite cliques.

In our Republic they are protected, can speak on all manner of seditious, immoral, even treasonous subjects,with impunity, by the very Constitution they would demolish.

One little amendment to the constitution to do away with the electoral college and Voila...they have achieved real democracy.........it would simply be a matter of time until the people realized the power that had just been granted them and these very dogooders would be lynched in public spasms of mefirsthood.

What is really funny (peculiar not ha ha) is that this is the very quesion, the imperfectness of a democracy and the almost certain implosion in not too long a time period, that the founders of the Constitution grappled wth, gave great discussion to and having worried it to death, penned the Preamble and the Constitution of the United States of America. Followed by the Bill of Rights.

Never again in history will a group of ethical and moral men come together to form a free government more perfect than the one we have.