[HamiltonJay]

A true democracy, is a failed construct, anyone who’s studied history knows this.

[Alex Murphy]

Head of the Patriarchal Commission for Family and Maternity Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov, believes that democracy is based on lies. "It's just a lie. Communism is also a lie, but Communism has religious features. Communism seems to take a lot from true religions. The Communists have their own teaching, their own "Holy Scripture." They have their own rituals. They have their martyrs, their have their prophets. They have their heroes. I would say they have their messianic promises," the priest told the radio station Radonezh. As for democracy, "people have never had real power anywhere," the priest said. "Democracy is simply deceit. Because all people are different and it cannot be that one person equals one vote," the priest said.

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[PowderMonkey]

"You extol the virtues of communism because you have never been forced to live under it." - Alexandr Solzhenitzen

[knarf]

How can identical twins differ ?

About half of what I read .. even here in FR, is; invent a situation, make it a problem, ask a question about it, and either .. solve the problem or ... toss it out for the barrooms to buzz on.

While USS AMERICA sinks.

[SC_Pete]

The Framers agreed with a lot of this—that’s why we live in a Republic—not a democracy.

[freerepublicchat]

Unlimited democracy is communism.

[LibLieSlayer]

HEY PREACHER FOR SATAN... WE KNOW THAT... THAT IS WHY OUR FOUNDERS SPURNED DEMOCRACY AND GAVE US A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. NOW BACK INTO YOUR RAT HOLE.

[Zionist Conspirator]

So long as he isn't using "moneybags" as a metaphor for "the Jews," I agree with him. Note that capitalism in societies other than the United States is itself "revolutionary," replacing an older, more traditional feudal order. American conservatives don't get this.

The original "democracy" was that of ancient Athens. I know very little about the subject, but as I understand it, it was not a "pure democracy" as we define it today but more of an oligarchy. Perhaps it was merely the Greek counterpart of the Latin res publica.

[donmeaker]

Gosh, he must be right, after all only the rich have cell phones.....oops.

Well, only the rich have computers....oops.

Well only the rich have cars....oops.

Well only the rich can take plane flights...oops.

Must be more of that deception thing.