Morgan wrote:
Democracy in its true sense of the word... is a government controlled and represented by the people, its citizens.
I often hear people argue (often quite militantly) that the United States is a republic, not a democracy. But that's a false dichotomy. A common definition of "republic" is, to quote the American Heritage Dictionary,
"A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to v**e for officers and representatives responsible to them" — we are that. A common definition of "democracy" is, "Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives" — we are that, too.
The United States is not a direct democracy, in the sense of a country in which laws (and other government decisions) are made predominantly by majority v**e. Some lawmaking is done this way, on the state and local levels, but it's only a tiny fraction of all lawmaking. But we are a representative democracy, which is a form of democracy.
Democracy in its true sense of the word... is a go... (
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Is that the type of government our founders chose to create??? It appears many Americans don’t know the difference and what’s worse many don’t even care.....
One clear citing would be to please show where in the Constitution it says we are representative democracy...instead of a Constitutional republic...
What our founders chose can be verified in Article 4 section 4 of our Constitution, “A Republican form of Government”, not a representative form of democracy.. Why they choose this type of government is because
In a true Democracy all matters are determined “by a majority v**e and therefore individual rights do not exist.” As our founders explained so well in our “Declaration of Independence”.
“We hold these t***hs to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their “CREATOR” with certain “UNALIENABLE RIGHTS“, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. “THAT TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED,”. (Emphasis mine).
Think about why, Morgan~~
They had experienced the rule of a Monarchy (Ruled by one) Ie. Kings or Queens, and knew that the one thing that nearly 1,000 years of history had shown them was that liberty was not something they could count on with that type of government, no matter what they were promised......
The founders were also aware of a type of government that is called an (Aristocracy, Rule of the best,) a type of (oligarchy, Ruled by a few) so this type of government would be considered to be ruled by “the few best suited to rule”. ...
They also knew that “Democracies” are not stable forms of governments and have always devolved into Anarchy and Dictatorships.. As we have seen through the years. . James Madison wrote “Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” This alone is a good reason to care....
Each of these types of government are naturally formed and have some benefits of there own, Ie. a Monarchy would work well with a Football team or an Army, where one leader is needed to call the plays. And a Aristocracy works well with the family where the parents have the sk**ls needed to run the household and pay the bills....And a well managed power in the hands of the people is a favorable aspect of a Democracy, however, by themselves our founders found them unfit and very dangerous..
The founders declared a Republic because it took the best qualities of each type of governments including your representative democracy and merged them into one, and the governing principles are based on law that is set forth in the foundation of our Constitution which establishes supremacy for all other laws to be made.... We the people make them, our representatives turn them into law, federal or state level...
Another point that must be made clear is… That our Republic being a “Construct” as opposed to a naturally evolving form of government is also a form of self governance and “the people remain sovereign in that they created States and State Government, and that, States “through consent of the people” contracted with other States to create our national government. The creator is superior to the created in other words..
The word “Sovereign” means to have supreme power or authority. This can be confirmed in both the “Lee Resolution of June 1776 and the Declaration of Independance...
Or how about this??? Its been said that, A Republic recognizes the sovereign nature of the people and must be representative in its nature. If the Government can control its laws, then the law does not control the Government and therefore not a Republic. Whereas in a democracy, true democracy I mean, they rule and not the people...
A Republican Government is given specific limitations on what it can do and must recognize that laws can only be changed by a higher source than its self, that is by the consent of the people through there representatives....
Recognizing “ a form of democracy” within the definition of our country is not correct..It begins the decline of the republic..
It is only yet another avenue urilized to get things up and running while we as a Republic control what those other things are going to be.. Not some government of rulers over us..