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Quote by: Osborn F Enready  Athena, my point is you fail constantly to ADDRESS the significant relevant point which makes, or I should say "made" American Representative Democracy unique. The checks and balances.
True democracy HAS NO CHECKS AND BALANCES, which is why I fault all of this "unspecified" praise of democracy.
True democracy is two wolf and a sheep deciding what is for dinner.
Who would like that, unless they were the wolves, and NOT the sheep?
In reality, we all play the role of sheep or wolf in politics, and the way politics affect our lives.
The beauty of Americas designed system of government, is that it empowered the sheep (the minority), as opposed to the wolves(the majority), and it had clearly defined lines on which NEITHER could tread upon, or over.
Those lines have been blurred, through political apathy and collective ignorance of politics. |
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"True democracy HAS NO CHECKS AND BALANCES, which is why I fault all of this "unspecified" praise of democracy."
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Utter nonsense. True democracy is entirely comprised of checks & balances, via the popular vote.. the people's choice. As it is in our country, we have a plutocracy, masquerading as a "democratic Republic" - eek.. what a sick trick...!! TJ (Thomas Jefferson) was a brilliant man.. and wanted a true Democracy. Alas.. here we sit only 231 years later.. in a decomposing carcass of a "democratic Republic".. slowly but surely circling the drain..
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"True democracy is two wolf and a sheep deciding what is for dinner."
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Gag me with a foolscap of the "Declaration of Independence"..
What you are describing is our present dilemma.. and "we.. the people" are.. the supper... :rolleyes: The truth is.. we the people, have no power. It is all in the hands of the few.. the extreme wealth & power rests with the few. It isn't apathy.. it is that we, the people, are powerless to change what needs to be changed.