Democracy is two wolves and a lamb
deciding what to have for dinner.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
– Benjamin Franklin –
By JB Williams
Contrary to popular public education propaganda, the United States of America is NOT, has never been, and should never be a “democracy.” It is and must always be, a constitutional representative republic, and yes, there is a VERY significant difference.
Don’t confuse the term “democratic society” with “democracy.” A representative republic is a “democratic” form of self-governance - of, by and for “the people.” In the case of the Unites States, we have a system limited by the scope and authority granted to the Fed in the US Constitution.
In a representative republic, the term “the people” is interpreted to mean, “the individual citizen[s],” at large.
But a “democracy” as Thomas Jefferson said so well, “is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” In other words, the term “the people” means the “ruling mob” in a “democracy.”
And, so it is today!
“The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist organization in the United States, and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International. DSA’s members are building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly socialist presence in American communities and politics. - At the root of our socialism is a profound commitment to democracy, as means and end. “—from the About Us page at the Democratic Socialist of America web site. [1]
Karl Marx, often referred to as the father of socialism, or Marxism, also had a firm commitments to “democracy,” stating for the record, that “Democracy is the road to socialism.”
Of course it is… as “democracy” is a system of “mob rule.”
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