They talk a good game - But when we’re not looking… THEYRE ALL LIARS!!! F @TedCruz!!!
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Politics should be like jury duty. you are told you need to serve for a month at a time, or however long we all decide. That's how movies/actors should be also. You are called to serve as Archie Bunker for a month. You are called to be in a movie. You get time off from work, there's no time to be manipulated and bribed, you go back to your job and have to face the people you served, and account for your decisions. No more career politicians, no more body guards for them, private planes, bribery, overindulgences, kickbacks... you do your time, you go home and face the music.
Nope. Democracy is mob rule. Doesn’t work.
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Seth Griffin Seth Griffin is a high school student and debate coach from Indiana and a Heritage Foundation Academy Fellow. We have all heard the common talking point from the left that conservatives are destroying democracy. The response to this claim is the same time and time again: “We’re not a democracy, we’re a constitutional republic!” This leads us to ask an important question: Are there any differences between the two, and if so, why do they matter?
The answer is simple: There are profound differences between a democracy and a constitutional republic that are crucial to every aspect of American life. These three quotes from the Founding Fathers remind us to defend our constitutional republic with all our might.
Alexander Hamilton stated, “Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.”
Hamilton recognized the first of three harms of a real democracy. Democracy excludes the minority’s rights. It reminds me of the classic saying, “Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch, but a republic is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.”
Yes that is what I’m saying. This is why the USA is not a democracy but a constitutional republic. It was delayed long and hard by the founders.
And they made a correct choice.