I am so glad that I don’t live in a democracy. Yup I think that democracy is a very bad idea. The principles of a democracy are the same as that of a lynch-mob. Yup one guy says I didn’t do it and thirty say he did, well the guy doesn’t have much of a chance does he? Mob rule that’s how democracy works!
I am glad that I live in a representative republic! Yup, the United States was never set up as a democracy. Our fore-fathers knew what kind of effect the mob could have on government. The first thing the people would do would be to vote them selves all kinds of benefits, well beyond the provisions of a union of states. They even split the governing bodies’ into three separate entities This way the word of the mob could be worked through a set of process that makes for a balancing of public opinion verse laws. Don’t get me wrong there are plenty of examples where a large group of citizens have swayed both laws and policies. But it’s not easy, nor is it quick. Think how long it took to integrate the different ethnic groups or for veterans to get benefits. (I’m sorry to see those take so long), but they are good examples of how a representative republic works, and it does!
So when the politicians (be they republican or democrat) try to push things down our throat. We must step up like people did during the times of Dr Martin Luther King (peacefully and with an unbreakable will). Showing the general consensus, or more so the unity of the citizens of the states, and forcing our representative republic into action. It’s our job as American citizens.
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