Has America Become a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy?

Rutherford Institute ^ | 22OCT18 | By John W. Whitehead

[Nuc 1.1]

The SCOTUS is the ruling dictator (oligarchy). The other branches really don’t matter.

[Elsie]

Has America Become a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy?

No. It is STILL a republic (if we can keep it)

[Elsie]

When or where has there ever existed a “citizenry” that “thought for itself”, whatever that means?

Yeah!

We are sheep without a shepherd.

[Elsie]

AHHhhh; Rushdoony… the good, ol’ Dominion Theology guy!

Sorry; but I just cannot buy into the reasoning behind it.

[familyop]

"You mean there weren’t laws back then that you had to obey?"

No. I said that there was "a 'citizenry' that 'thought for itself.'" There still is. It appears, though, that you haven't realized that, yet.

"And how exactly does a 'citizenry', that is a 'collective', think for itself."

That's a fallacy. Any group meeting for a common purpose is a collective, including those who are trying to impose their idiotic wishes for their imagined global utopia and their unhealthy social practices on the rest of us.

[familyop]

"Tracing the inevitable history of its decline, I guess you can see what has happened to the ending point of their idea."

Yeah. Their country has become much more polluted since the middle of the 1800s with foreign-minded, anti-American trash. Their ideas worked much better than those of the "old country."

MAGA.

[central_va]

The Constitutional Republic died on April 9th, 1865.

[central_va]

The 17th amendment needs to be repealed ASAP.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

We are not a democracy , we are a Republic.

[Nifster]

You and Whitehead may as well die today. Your pessimism is ridiculous.

Your analysis is not the only viewpoint

Do you duty. Trump has and is dragging every one along with him. It is time we help out

Get out the vote.

I note he quotes the ever wonderful Jimmy.......not my first go to for political commentary

[Nifster]

True words

[Nifster]

OH nicely played

[rlmorel]

Thing is, I LIKE movie analogies, but I use them as comedic props, generally not to buttress a serious subject.

I got really irritated reading that screed.

[Jamestown1630]

That looks like an important book. Thanks for the link.

[bert]

The United States of America has degenerated into a tyranny, a tyranny of lawyers.

The law has become any thing you can convince a judge

[stilloftyhenight]

It’s the exact opposite. We were in a dictatorship and we’re moving into a Democracy. MAGA

[familyop]

"The 17th amendment needs to be repealed ASAP."

It would seem at first that the many rural state districts would bring a better outcome that way.

But during the '90s, I tried along with many others to influence state legislators in the rural and small town Midwest more towards pro-family legislation for all. I remember one representative, for example, who had quite a few wives and a whole mess of renegade kids. He was attentive and very nice to talk to but more attentive to special interests that brought money.

Some of the others touted as solid conservatives got downright nasty with us, though, and tended to serve constituents like those who accused Justice Kavanaugh. In my opinion, the most important thing we can do as the people of a nation is to straighten ourselves up and stop donating to evil NGOs disguised as charities.

[familyop]

It’s not that I disagree with you outright, but there are some reservations. For one, state legislators would be much more tempted to take large donations from outside of their districts to vote for the left.

[central_va]

Keep the corruption as local as possible It is not so hard to fight it that way.

[familyop]

That’s a good consideration. Thanks. I’ll think about it some more.