The U.S. is Dangerously Close to Mass Democracy
Jan 26, 2017 13:57:39 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Jan 26, 2017 13:57:39 GMT -5
The U.S. is Dangerously Close to Mass Democracy
The Coach’s Team, Thursday, January 26, 2017, By Bill Norton
Were you happy to see the presidential election conclude on November 8th only to be disappointed in the escalation of hostility after the election? America has always taken pride in its ability to have a peaceful transition of power. Are we losing that ability? And if so, why? Perhaps it is because we are being conditioned and trained to believe our system is a pure democracy, so we are behaving as if it were true.
Some democratic principles are an important part of our Republic and must be preserved if we are to maintain a balanced, free government. But history has proven the road to mass democracy will lead to turmoil, contention, anarchy and will necessarily result in a tyrannical oligarchy that will be difficult to reverse.
George Washington described a human struggle with government, wherein “there is a natural and necessary progression, from the extreme of anarchy to the extreme of Tyranny.” (Circular to the States, 8 June 1783) America’s Framers sought to create a type of government in which the extremes of tyranny and anarchy might be eliminated. Thomas Jefferson hoped that “the pendulum will rest finally in the middle.” (Letter to William Smith, 2 February 1788)
The Framers analyzed history to identify what forms of government would best promote liberty rather than tyranny or anarchy. They discovered no single type. They did, however, discover that parts of one added to pieces of another provided a solution and from these created a unique, mixed form of government with “separation of powers” and “checks and balances”.
Democracy represents two wolves and a sheep voting on what is for dinner. Great for the wolves, bad for the sheep. It could be said that our Republic is two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner, with a law that none of the three can be on the menu.
www.thecoachsteam.com/2017/01/the-us-is-dangerously-close-to-mass.html
The Coach’s Team, Thursday, January 26, 2017, By Bill Norton
Were you happy to see the presidential election conclude on November 8th only to be disappointed in the escalation of hostility after the election? America has always taken pride in its ability to have a peaceful transition of power. Are we losing that ability? And if so, why? Perhaps it is because we are being conditioned and trained to believe our system is a pure democracy, so we are behaving as if it were true.
Some democratic principles are an important part of our Republic and must be preserved if we are to maintain a balanced, free government. But history has proven the road to mass democracy will lead to turmoil, contention, anarchy and will necessarily result in a tyrannical oligarchy that will be difficult to reverse.
George Washington described a human struggle with government, wherein “there is a natural and necessary progression, from the extreme of anarchy to the extreme of Tyranny.” (Circular to the States, 8 June 1783) America’s Framers sought to create a type of government in which the extremes of tyranny and anarchy might be eliminated. Thomas Jefferson hoped that “the pendulum will rest finally in the middle.” (Letter to William Smith, 2 February 1788)
The Framers analyzed history to identify what forms of government would best promote liberty rather than tyranny or anarchy. They discovered no single type. They did, however, discover that parts of one added to pieces of another provided a solution and from these created a unique, mixed form of government with “separation of powers” and “checks and balances”.
Democracy represents two wolves and a sheep voting on what is for dinner. Great for the wolves, bad for the sheep. It could be said that our Republic is two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner, with a law that none of the three can be on the menu.
www.thecoachsteam.com/2017/01/the-us-is-dangerously-close-to-mass.html