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Why do Rwingers Hate Democracy?
Well I think they like the constitution, the Senate isn't supposed to be the hoi poloi.
Loss of Democratic Rights: Repeal would remove the ability of citizens to directly vote for their senators, taking a significant step backward in democratic representation
While true, it would add stability to the Senate, and less grandstanding. The Senate obviously was meant to represent the States, and very indirectly the people.
The Republic that was created, was very carefully debated and crafted to avoid MOB rule, it would appear by going completely "democratic" (51%) the system would turn into a mob rule and destruction of individual rights.
Jefferson warned them that corrupt men and banks and corporations were more dangerous than armies.
"Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%."
~Jefferson
www.monticello.org
So we can likewise say the ethnic cleansing of the New World was attributed to policies enacted by Christian regimes, right Corky?
I don't believe the policies of the newcomers were to transmit diseases that the natives couldn't handle.
Epidemics of smallpox, typhus, influenza, diphtheria, and measles swept the Americas subsequent to European contact, killing between 10 million and 100 million people, up to 95% of the indigenous population of the Americas.
en.wikipedia.org
The ratio of deaths from disease vs "policy" should help you understand the difference between atheists and theists.
But hey you like lying to yourself, so don't let facts get in the way.
Aint that something!
#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds
It is odd, its like prosecuting for J6, and then letting them go, seems shady.
Party of Law and Order.
Party of Personal Responsibility.
#2 | Posted by snoofy
Which party are you talking about here?