Posted on 10/11/2018 4:10:36 AM PDT by vannrox
I often hear Conservatives explicitly state that America is a Constitutional Republic. They argue this, because the United States Constitution set the organization and layout of the nation as a Republic. It states this explicitly as such. Meanwhile, I often hear Liberals, Democrats and Progressives repeatedly state that America is a Progressive Democracy. They say this, mostly because I guess, they dont know any better. They parrot what they have heard.
Today, sadly, America does not function like either a Republic or a Democracy. It functions as something else. It functions and operates as an Oligarchy. It really does. Lets look at this issue and try to determine what is going on in America; the most significant nation on this planet
Americans are brought up to believe all sorts of myths about the country we call home. Were told our economy is a free market meritocracy governed by the rule of law. Were told our civil liberties, enshrined in the Bill of Rights, are inviolable and protected by the most powerful military in the world. A fighting force entrusted with the admirable and monumental task of defending freedoms at home, and democracy and human rights abroad. Were told we exist in a system of self-government, in which our votes matter and our voices heard.
In practice, none of this is true.
There are many, many people who have addressed this issue. The arguments are rather simple and blunt.
If America is an actual Republic, then why is there a Federal Reserve, Senators that are popularly elected, and federal agencies that override the tenth Amendment. Republics that follow the Constitution will have none of this.
Alternatively, if America is a Democracy, then why are the populist issues resolved in the favor of the wealthy elite? Why are we endlessly involved
(Excerpt) Read more at metallicman.com ...
For every little nook and cranny of corruption, every little enclave of small-town deep state, there’s a surrounding population a thousand or ten thousand times greater in number.
That population is the common man, and the corrupt tremble at the thought of their deeds becoming known to him.
How long would it take to clean up the corruption?
Less than one day.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands ....
I hate hearing pundits talk about living in a democracy.
It is probably time to bring civics classes back for grades 1-12.
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What makes you assume that they would actually teach civics in their ‘civics classes’?
Not so fast, my FRiend!
I would contend, as I often do, that the 16th Amendment is the worst, with 17th right behind.
If I had it my way, both would be repealed immediately!
It’s a Republic that chooses its representatives through democratic means, operating in a Constitutional framework.
Or at least it was.
Yes. Might be a good point.....but -
Trump is DIVINE intervention. For which I and millions of others fervently prayed.
His support is far too thin nationally and a pendulum reaction to Obama.
Now the reaction in too much of the nation is against Trump - the pendulum is swinging back in the liberal direction.
If the Republicans keep the House, you can color me wrong. Blue states that supported Trump in ‘16 pretty much no longer do so.
A republic, with democratically (small D intentional) chosen representation.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
- - Benjamin Franklin, 1759
We’re a Constitutional Republic.
It’s a mess.
But Trump is fixing it.
And you believe this, why? Because ABCNNBCBS, NPR, NYT, LAT, WaComPost say so?
The founders feared a “tyranny of the majority”. That’s why we have the. Constitution
America is run by rich oligarchs acing as individuals combined with a collectivism of warring pressure groups and special interest groups. The common average typical individual has no influence on government unless he joins one of the groups. Some of the ideas to bring back power to ordinary individuals are interesting.
America is a representative republic.
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I always thought that we had a constitutional republic. Thats what we were taught back in the 60s. But what do I know?
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You might have at least been TAUGHT it but, even in the 60s, you weren’t living in one (SS, Fed. Reserve, welfare, civil rights...)
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America is a Progressive Dictatorship by Oligarchs, whose main goal is to demoralize you.
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IMO, incorrect.
The goal is 2 fold:
1) Create a feudal system (trample/suppress Rights)
2) Rob the populace (tax to the hilt, steal from the ‘single location’ [aka Treasury])
Good question. I think they simply utilized common sense; one thing the Founders understood well was human nature, along with its potential for abuse. They were careful to protect the rights of the individual from the government - in large part because they correctly realized that those rights are God-given and inalienable, not government-granted and subject to revocation.
While this was later, another thing that probably played a role was the French Revolution. Some of the Founders, such as Jefferson, initially thought it was a wonderful idea, but Adams had it pegged from the beginning. While it was considered a step toward democracy, and it predictably disintegrated into a dark and bloody period in history.
In the Federalist papers, Madison specifically identifies avoiding Democracy as one of the intended purposes. The very idea of determining basic principles, simply by counting noses, defies logic, and is clearly unsuitable for a social structure for a people who celebrate the aspirations of those who seek to rise above the herd; a people, who from their early settlements learned on the anvil of experience, how unsuited Socialist/Communist values were for a people who aspired to excel.
The current crisis in America is a direct--and clearly foreseeable--result of an educational system that no longer celebrates our aspiratory values, but endlessly prattles forms of the collectivist/egalitarian dogma that drives the far Left.
One of the roots of this misdirection comes from the attempt of internationalist theorists to subvert the very concept of a nation, in order to impose a "new world order" on all peoples:
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