After I watched this utterly offensive video the word that struck me was: HOW DUMB ....Damn.. wouldnt you know it... that guy is the other half of Dumb and Dumber... no coincidence there... he he he Well this is my answer to his a- historical rant! America is the greatest nation in the history of the world- not so much today, but that is because Americans have forgotten their own history let alone the history of Europe who are the embodiment of Imperialism- Socialism- Communism - Nazism-Islamism- Fascism. Americas greatness is based on the struggle to ensure the rights of Individuals and not the majority- popular vote- Democracy. America is Republic- ensuring the rights of Individuals. Or up until the Socialists hijacked the history of America. How else did Hitler rise to power if not through a Democratic popular election that gave him the right to murder 6 million Jews. The Majority were ok with that... The Logical problem with Liberal leftist Democracy is that Freedom of Speech , while guaranteeing the right to freedom of speech, also allows those who are against Freedom of Speech a right to EXPRESS their right to deny others the right of freedom of speech. In a Democracy the majority of people who believe Freedom of Speech should no longer be tolerated can make laws, not necessarily ...explicit laws, denying the freedom of speech ,they , apparently , hold as valuable If they become a majority and elect a leader who represents the majority of Liberals voting against Freedom of speech. A Democracy can deny your right to freedom of speech . In fact liberal democracies violate your Democratic right by gagging you with POLITICAL CORRECTNESS . Democracy ? I suppose one could say that Hitler didnt betray his self.You are right. He did not. But millions of Germans did betray their selves. That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.” ― John Fowles, The Magus The Founding Fathers universally rejected democracy and hoped that posterity would never turn the United States into one. The word they used was “Republic,” which is not synonymous with “Democracy.” The word “Democracy” is not in the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights. Even the Pledge of Allegiance is “to the Republic for which it stands.” Benjamin Franklin defined democracy as “two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” So why did they reject Democracy? Because it is inherently flawed with the “share the wealth” philosophy, which only works as long as there is someone else’s money to share. Those receiving are quite pleased with getting something for nothing. But those forced to give are denied the right to spend the benefits of their own labor in their own self-interest, which creates jobs no matter how the money is spent. They also lose a portion of their incentive to produce. Fraser Tyler, author of The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic authored more than 200 years ago said it best. “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.” Where does the money come from for all the “good” that government does? Answer, out of someone else’s pocket. If it is with his consent it is a form of charity. If forced, a form of tyranny. The more and the longer given, the more entitled the receiver becomes until he is quite willing to take to the streets and demand more of other people’s money, fully satisfied that he has every right to it. This works until those who have money are destroyed as a class and everyone is equally poor. The result is a diminished standard of living for everyone, as was the case under 20th Century communism. A Democracy gives us the principles of majority rules and frequent elections with options, but little more. It does not protect us from the government’s redistribution of wealth philosophy, which entitles the less productive to get something for nothing. A Republic includes frequent elections with options. It also gives place to majority rules, but only to a point, for as your mother told you growing up, the majority is not always right. A Republic is also based upon natural unalienable rights that come from a source higher than man (for example life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.) Minority rights are protected from the majority in a Republic. A lynch mob is Democracy. Everyone voted but the man being lynched. A Republic rescues this man gives him a fair trial with a bona fide judge and witnesses for his defense. In a Republic there is an emphasis on individual differences rather than absolute equality. Such individual differences are seen as a strength in a Republic rather than as a flaw under Democracy, which equates sameness as equality. Limited government is also a major aspect of a Republic. The government is handcuffed from dominating our lives. There is a list of functions and a clear process for obtaining additional power. Finally, there is a healthy fear of the emotion of the masses, destabilizing natural law upon which real freedom is based. The Founders created a Republic, not a Democracy. The Constitution, as designed, is the mechanism to ensure we stay a Republic. We must demand from our leaders a strict adherence to that document in order to preserve our liberty, and that of future generations. libertyunderfire.org/2010/06/the-founding-fathers-rejected-democracy/
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 19:01:29 +0000
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