_Federated_ republic, I might add. The longest living one in history, in fact.Dragonfighter wrote:RE: Thread Title
It just never ends... Mob rule wins the day?
That's the very definition of a democracy. We are supposed to be a republic.
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- Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:19 pm
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- Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:10 am
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Re: It just never ends... Mob rule wins the day?
I know all sorts of folks have opinions on how the Constitution should change, but the 17th amendment is, IMHO, the first one we should repeal.codeguy wrote:74novaman wrote:We've been sliding toward mob rule ever since we went to direct election of senators in 1913.
"Democracy has never been and never can be so durable as aristocracy or monarchy; but while it lasts, it is more bloody than either. . . . Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." ~ John Adams