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Although we are slowly,if not quickly losing it,A Republic is indeed the best. Our Forfathers proved that. We are turning into a democracy. Next step,3rd. world status.
"Our political system is nothing more than a way to distribute government largasse through tax dollars confiscated from the American people.As always,in the name of 'democracy'. The dependency on government,by welfare or wichever of a thousand agencys has been made possible by our shift from a republic(republican) to a democracy (democratic) system." The Constitution has become almost null and void.Perhaps democracy is incorrect. Dictatorship or kingdom might fit a little better.
Ivan The Terrible said:It has come to Your Master's knowledge that there are many types of governments in the world. What is your idea of the best type of government humans? I, The God of war, summit that the Republic is the best form of government. Whom among you would dare question this?
Ivan The Terrible, Your Master, has started the debate!
Robodoon said:A Constitutional Republic under God was the best, we use to be one, today they call us a democracy, but our founders hated Democracy, But you know who likes democracy? Socialists and Communists do.
-Demosthenes- said:A republic without democracy is an oligarchy or an aristocracy.
Democracy without republican influences is a major-cracy, slow, inefficient, and ultimately impossible.
Democratic Republican governments, historically, have worked, lasted, and continued to work. Starting with he United States.
Right wing partisan garbage. Merely because you're party is called the "Republican" party and your opposing party is the "Democratic" party skews your judgement. A republic on it's own is an aristocracy.
Army Training Manual Concerning Citizenship 1928A goverment of the masses.
Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of 'direct' expression.
Results in mobocracy.
Attitude toward property is communistic - negating property rights.
Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate,... without restraint or regard to consequences.
Results in demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.
We are a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy in any form. Democracy is not mentions in the Delaration of indepenance, in the bill of rights or in the Constitution.
A republic without democracy is an oligarchy or an aristocracy.
Robodoon said:A Constitutional Republic under God was the best, we use to be one,
Robodoon said:today they call us a democracy,
Robodoon said:but our founders hated Democracy,
Robodoon said:But you know who likes democracy? Socialists and Communists do.
Democracy without republican influences is a major-cracy, slow, inefficient, and ultimately impossible.
Bustabush said:Not sure what you mean. Could you explain?A republic without democracy is an oligarchy or an aristocracy.
Robodoon said:And we were to be a Republic under God, not man.
And the Words of old wisdom (FEDERALIST PAPERS)
From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert result from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is that such 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. Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneously supposed that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions.
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/federalist/
"Those who hope that we shall move away from the socialist path will be greatly disappointed. Every part of our program of perestroika...is fully based on the principle of more socialism and more democracy."
Mikhail Gorbachev Perestroika - New Thinking for Our Country and the World 1988
More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life..."
Mikhail Gorbachev Perestroika - New Thinking for Our Country and the World 1988
MrFungus420 said:Well, since we are a democratic republic, it is inaccurate to refer to us as just a republic or a democracy. We have elements of both.
Care to substantiate that?but our founders hated Democracy,
galenrox said:Alexander Hamilton did advocate a monarchy
nkgupta80 said:interestingly enough, one of my professors was going over the inefficiencies of a true democracy. he said that technologies like the internet and increased computing power may eventually make a true democracy possible. Every voice in a populace could in theory be heard, logged, analyzed, etc. There would be no need for representatives then. Who knows, maybe in a 100 years we may start seeing versions of this system.
Red_Dave said:Why would you need computers for a direct democracy anyway? I dont get this whole "ooh now we have computers we can have a direct democracy" malarky. The Swiss are a direct democracy and there system doesnt use computers [theres information availible on how their system works on a wikipedia article called direct democracy] I think their system is better because in representative democracys using First Past the Post voteing systems what normally happens is that the electorate elect the lesser of two evils. Onece the lesser of two evils in elected it can pass what ever legislation it wants regardless of what the electorate wants. Direct democracy allows the electorate to legislate for themselves , problem solved
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