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knee jerk reaction is NO, if The People get to vote immediately and whatever they vote is law, their passions are too easily swayed and it becomes a tyranny of the majority.
But possibly one could come up with a mix of representative and direct democracy, leaning more toward the latter, limited by the BoR, that wouldn't be tyrannical....
Perhaps. But there have to be limits on government, and checks and balances to keep power in check no matter WHO wields it.
Labeling those with whom you disagree in political matters using insults and slurs is not wise, Tigger..There are better systems than any form of Democracy. Autocracy, for example. The issue I have with every form of Democracy/Republic I've seen is that they allow the vote of the imeciles and idiots to carry the same weight as the votes of those who are truly Good and Decent people and those who are actually Intelligent. IF there was a means to ensure (via testing, regulating, etc....) that only the voices of those individuals who have proven themselves to be Educated, Informed, and Moral were heard THEN some form of Democracy or Republic might be worthwhile. Government of the Masses simply allows the feces to float to the top. Nothing more.
And therein is the entire argument.And who will decide who is stupid and who isn't?
Labeling those with whom you disagree in political matters using insults and slurs is not wise, Tigger..
Consider that they may feel the same about you...
The problem is, our people are poorly educated, and then fed a line of propaganda by both the left and right wings..
Thus, they are "turned off". A much nicer way of saying that our people are ingnorant.....they simply care a little or not at all...
Our system of representative democracy is OK and would be much better if the parties would respect the people and the people were to participate more....JMO.
LOL! I won't deny that!
I still think the Electoral College is a relic, though.
We are a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy.
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Democracy is mob rule. (Like gang-rape)
Our founding fathers loathed it.
Do your homework on this and then tell me why "they" call us a democracy.
The word "democracy" is not contained in any of our founding documents.
We are NOT a democracy, nor a "true democracy".
Sorry.
Very well said, and I totally agree. But I imagine that we share similar values, namely we place a value on liberty. But I believe that a big problem is that there are many who don't value liberty, or at least not liberty for all. They are all to happy to use the power of government to actually trample on the liberty of their neighbor. To them, a government that is limited in its power is useless and weak. They want to use the government to do everything - to solve every problem, right every wrong, manage our daily lives, put bread in our mouths. Everything. You ask them what should government NOT do, and they give you a blank stare.The thing we need to bear in mind is that the foremost key to good governance is not democracy per se, but LIMITED government... not government whose power is theoretically without limit, without check or balance. Even Autarchy (one person rule) could be a reasonably free country if the Autarch's powers were LIMITED and if there was some organization capable of stopping him from overstepping his authority.
I tend to agree with both you and Goshin.Very well said, and I totally agree. But I imagine that we share similar values, namely we place a value on liberty. But I believe that a big problem is that there are many who don't value liberty, or at least not liberty for all. They are all to happy to use the power of government to actually trample on the liberty of their neighbor. To them, a government that is limited in its power is useless and weak. They want to use the government to do everything - to solve every problem, right every wrong, manage our daily lives, put bread in our mouths. Everything. You ask them what should government NOT do, and they give you a blank stare.
It's a matter of different value systems. Personally, I continue to expand my list of areas over which I don't believe government ought to exert control. I find it hard to justify government exerting power where I think regular people can do a better job, and the list of things that government screws up continues to grow in my book.
I admire the Swiss as well. They have a lot of good ideas.Just for you reference...
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