Posted on 04/29/2014 4:53:17 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Modern Leftists use the word democracy as a replacement for freedom or liberty, its not.
Democracy is the least-worst, acceptable method for a group of people to determine toppings for a communal pizza, but as a method of picking sexual partners its no better than totalitarianism.
Democracy fails when it is used to infringe on an individuals rights.
That would be Woody Woodpecker Wilson.
The author’s premise “democracy is a very good system” is false. A mixed constitution with both democratic and anti-democratic elements, provided the proper balance is maintained, is a very good system. Unfortunately the shelf-life for the proper balance seems to be somewhere between 125 and 300 years.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner.
In all systems (even communism) there will be those with money and the poor. Democracy allows the poor to create laws that those with money have to live by. Including laws which can confiscate their money and possessions.
“With the country split roughly 50/50 dem & gop...”
Only 50-60% of those who can vote in national elections usually do so, if I recall. Less for local and state. Of those who do vote in national elections around 45% generally vote one way and 45% the other, they know the reason they vote the way they do, even if it’s sometimes a stupid reason or wrong. The other 10% of those who do vote are the ones that can be swayed to change their vote by a debate flub, campaign commercial or last minute breaking scandal. So we have the most gullible, those who really have no set way of thinking, being the deciding factor in many elections.
Freegards
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