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junk11111111 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
James Madison's view on checks and balances kept all parties (factions) in check in a Republic. The minority on one side and the majority on the other. That was the original job of the Congress. Minority represented by the Senate and the many (the mass) by the House of Rep.
If one thinks democracy works then why, today, the top 1% owns the equivalent of the lower 95% of those in the US. Would one consider that balance in a Democracy?
In a democracy, the people are more easily manipulated.
ConstitutionSupportr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Our Traders in MEN (an unnatural commodity!) must know the wickedness of the SLAVE-TRADE, if they
attend to reasoning, or the dictates of their own hearts: and such as shun and stiffle all these, wilfully sacrifice Conscience, and the character of integrity to that golden idol.
Thomas Paine
ConstitutionSupportr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
To Americans:
That some desperate wretches should be willing to steal and enslave men by violence and murder for gain, is rather lamentable than strange. But that many civilized, nay, Christianized people should approve, and be concerned in the savage practice, is surprising; and still persist, though it has been so often proved contrary to the light of nature, to every
principle of Justice and Humanity, and even good policy, by a succession of eminent men, and several late publications.
thecommonnate (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Read a book.
Elva420 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
John Adams argued that democracies merely grant revocable rights to citizens depending on the whims of the masses, while a republic exists to secure and protect pre-existing rights. Yet how many Americans know that the word democracy is found neither in the Constitution nor the Declaration of Independence, our very founding documents?
Elva420 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers clearly understood this, as evidenced not only by our republican constitutional system, but also by their writings in the Federalist Papers and elsewhere. James Madison cautioned that under a democratic government, There is nothing to check the inducement to sacrifice the weaker party or the obnoxious individual.
acp6s (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
We benefit from the labors of others, our standard of living, the cheap electronics and goods, our stock market, the companies who exploit and the shares of which we own. u can call our founding fathers slave owners, but we effectively do the same. I studied economcis at a top univeristy, and I am a Ron Paul supporter, and so are my professors. We're being hypocrites if we call thomas jefferson slave owning scum while we enjoy the fruits of others' labor via free trade agreeements.
KafkaCrow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What has that got to do with it? As for the people giving kids 5 cents a day - I would call them scum. And I oppose them ardently.
acp6s (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What would you call giving little chinese, mexican and indian boys and girls barely old enough to read and write, 5 cents an hour to work in squalid slums, in fire prone basements and factories, who built the computer screen you are staring at now, while our own share held corporations make incredible margins on each of these products? I think we're worse now my friend, than the so called hypocrites that our founding fathers were. At least they don't point fingers as much as we do now.
KafkaCrow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The Founding Fathers held slaves. They were not angelic little democrats. |
