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Hoo23

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He's technically correct...as supported by our founding fathers


1. We are not, in fact, a true democracy. This was intentional. The word "democracy" does not appear in either the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence.

2. The government that was formed for us was intended to preserve our basic rights and a true democracy for all intents and purposes, does not necessarily do that.

"Democracy is the most vile form of government ... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property: and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths." - James Madison, Federalist Papers #10

"We are now forming a Republican form of government. Real liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. If we incline too much to democracy we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of a dictatorship." - Alexander Hamilton

(In response to this post by BonsackHoo)

Posted: 10/08/2020 at 09:18AM



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  He is not “technically” correct. -- BonsackHoo 10/08/2020 09:35AM
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