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Has America Become a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy?
Rutherford Institute ^
| 22OCT18
| By John W. Whitehead
Posted on 10/24/2018 8:29:00 PM PDT by vannrox
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To: vannrox
The SCOTUS is the ruling dictator (oligarchy). The other branches really dont matter.
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posted on
10/25/2018 3:58:21 AM PDT
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: vannrox
Has America Become a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy?No. It is STILL a republic (if we can keep it)
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posted on
10/25/2018 4:18:08 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: aquila48
When or where has there ever existed a citizenry that thought for itself, whatever that means?Yeah!
We are sheep without a shepherd.
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posted on
10/25/2018 4:22:18 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: imardmd1
AHHhhh; Rushdoony
the good, ol’ Dominion Theology guy!
Sorry; but I just cannot buy into the reasoning behind it.
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posted on
10/25/2018 4:27:35 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: aquila48
"You mean there werent laws back then that you had to obey?"
No. I said that there was "a 'citizenry' that 'thought for itself.'" There still is. It appears, though, that you haven't realized that, yet.
"And how exactly does a 'citizenry', that is a 'collective', think for itself."
That's a fallacy. Any group meeting for a common purpose is a collective, including those who are trying to impose their idiotic wishes for their imagined global utopia and their unhealthy social practices on the rest of us.
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posted on
10/25/2018 4:33:14 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: imardmd1
"Tracing the inevitable history of its decline, I guess you can see what has happened to the ending point of their idea."
Yeah. Their country has become much more polluted since the middle of the 1800s with foreign-minded, anti-American trash. Their ideas worked much better than those of the "old country."
MAGA.
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posted on
10/25/2018 4:39:51 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: vannrox
The Constitutional Republic died on April 9th, 1865.
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posted on
10/25/2018 4:40:20 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: familyop
The 17th amendment needs to be repealed ASAP.
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posted on
10/25/2018 4:44:43 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: vannrox
We are not a democracy , we are a Republic.
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:02:36 AM PDT
by
ThePatriotsFlag
(We are getting even more than we voted for.)
To: vannrox
You and Whitehead may as well die today. Your pessimism is ridiculous.
Your analysis is not the only viewpoint
Do you duty. Trump has and is dragging every one along with him. It is time we help out
Get out the vote.
I note he quotes the ever wonderful Jimmy.......not my first go to for political commentary
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:05:13 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Fungi
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:05:58 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: familyop
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:06:56 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: T-Bird45
Thing is, I LIKE movie analogies, but I use them as comedic props, generally not to buttress a serious subject.
I got really irritated reading that screed.
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:07:53 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
To: imardmd1
That looks like an important book. Thanks for the link.
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:25:10 AM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it")
To: vannrox
The United States of America has degenerated into a tyranny, a tyranny of lawyers.
The law has become any thing you can convince a judge
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:32:24 AM PDT
by
bert
((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Hondouras. Provide a military government)
To: vannrox
It’s the exact opposite. We were in a dictatorship and we’re moving into a Democracy. MAGA
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:53:23 AM PDT
by
stilloftyhenight
("Victorious warriors win first, thenSes go to war." Sun Tzu)
To: central_va
"The 17th amendment needs to be repealed ASAP."
It would seem at first that the many rural state districts would bring a better outcome that way.
But during the '90s, I tried along with many others to influence state legislators in the rural and small town Midwest more towards pro-family legislation for all. I remember one representative, for example, who had quite a few wives and a whole mess of renegade kids. He was attentive and very nice to talk to but more attentive to special interests that brought money.
Some of the others touted as solid conservatives got downright nasty with us, though, and tended to serve constituents like those who accused Justice Kavanaugh. In my opinion, the most important thing we can do as the people of a nation is to straighten ourselves up and stop donating to evil NGOs disguised as charities.
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:53:36 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: central_va
It’s not that I disagree with you outright, but there are some reservations. For one, state legislators would be much more tempted to take large donations from outside of their districts to vote for the left.
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:55:29 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: familyop
Keep the corruption as local as possible It is not so hard to fight it that way.
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:56:18 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: central_va
That’s a good consideration. Thanks. I’ll think about it some more.
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posted on
10/25/2018 5:58:43 AM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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