For most of my life we have been able to throw around the word “democracy” without doing too much damage to our country. That was because the advocates of democratic tyranny were keeping their head down, infiltrating the schools, working their way up in government service and generally getting ready to initiate democracy.
Perhaps you are one of those who has not caught on yet. We are not a democracy. We have never been a democracy. A democracy is one thing that the Founding Fathers wanted to avoid like the plague, and I mean a real plague not what is being pushed currently for political advantage. I have broadened my reading since the lockdown started. I have shared that other places. One of the recurring themes that I have been picking up is that democracy does not work. It is generally the first step to despotism and tyranny. That is why we have a federal republic, not a democracy.
Lord Acton had a catchy phrase that resonates with me,
“It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.” Kindle location 648-649Keep in mind the illustration of democracy I will borrow from an unknown source, but democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what they will have for dinner. If you want a democracy then get ready for everything to be controlled by a small group of people who manipulate the masses. In a pure democracy we are just one vote away from declaring all people of any group you want to be slaves. All it takes is one more than half to pass anything.
The Proregressives* know this. That is why they want to do away with the electoral college. It is why they allow BLM and Antifa thugs to destroy cities and keep the peaceful protestors of January 6 locked up and denied their rights.
I know what you mean by democracy. I also know what they mean and I know how it has worked out in history.
Be careful what you wish for.
Acton, Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (1834-1902). “The History of Freedom in Antiquity", The History of Freedom, and Other Essays. Project Gutenberg, First Edition,1907.
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