[Irony Warning]
Heaven forbid, that the will of the people should prevail.

Revolution? Heaven forbid! I'm too comfortable to want that.

As far as being well armed, looking at the statistics, I think I might be safer not having weapons in my home.

So, rather than have the majority "v**e themselves a piece of the Treasury", you would put the Treasury in the hands of a few (who could then, "v**e themselves a piece of the Treasury")?

Growing up and receiving all my schooling in Texas, I definitely was taught a lot about a "version" of my state's history.

I think Slavoj Zizek (former countryman of our First Lady) recommended v****g for Trump as a way of speeding the revolution.

The problem with your response, "You weren't there...!" is that you weren't there (at the alleged gas dumping) either. Presumably, you trust your neighbor, and even if we were to trust you, it doesn't seem unreasonable for us to be suspicious of your neighbor.

I've seen news reel clips alleged to be from the Great Depression Era showing milk being dumped to jack up milk prices. So I might be inclined to believe gas might also be dumped, but just based on secondhand hearsay, well...

You wrote, "...a fair price for the product based on the cost of production and a fair profit margin."

What is a "fair profit margin"? Is the CEO of a business concerned about getting a "fair" profit or the maximum possible profit? Do investors want a "fair" return or maximum possible?

Uhh...what is the it...?

eagleye13, I am not even sure that I am not a bot. Another unasked for link:

https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html

If you are a bot, you should request, that your programmer make a slight modification, so that you don't send the same message multiple times. You need more Levenshtein distance in your posts. ;)

Hmm, could you rephrase your statement? Is this another test of the validity of Poe's Law?
Is irony called irony, because it is hard (to understand) like iron?

You wrote, "[confederate apologists] fail to accept that the south LOST the civil war..."

However, you don't seem to understand, that all the south (and the rest of the USA) lost was the right to hold "black" people in chattel s***ery. Very little changed in the power structure in the south after Reconstruction was given up and federal troops withdrawn. W***e s*******y culture still holds sway in the USA. :(

Dear crazylibertarian,

You almost had me, then I realized you were just testing the validity of Poe's Law. The redundancy in your moniker gave you away. crazy libertarian! I like it. Thanks for the laugh.

Weaver wrote, "This country was founded as a republic instead of a democracy."

Weaver also wrote, "Our founding fathers realized that a pure democracy would be bad because those who receive preferential treatment from the gov. would continue to v**e for those who would continue to treat them with partiality."

Mr Bombastic wrote, "And the i***t still thinks we're a democracy. Even after being told, repeatedly, that we are a Constitutional republic."

debeda wrote, "The USA was formed as a constitutional republic."

eagleye13 wrote, "You don't even know this country was formed and designed as a Constitutional Republic in 1787?
We declared out independence in 1776. It to 11 years to complete and radify our constitution.
I***ts like you want it called a Democracy, and are determinned to tutn america into a democracy.
That is the Elitist agenda."

eagleye13 also wrote, "Democracy is mob rule!!!!
Who do you think intends to rule the mob????"

Gener wrote, "Our form of government is more accurately called a Republic. The difference is that while people still elect their representatives, the representatives really make the laws. Often the people disagree, but do little or nothing about it. The danger of a true democracy is just that. Mob rule. And if we look at how uninformed the general population is, and how prone to taking the law into their own hands, one can readily see how dangerous that is. Our founding fathers formed a republic which gave us as much freedom as is realistically possible knowing full well that the general public, was, is, and always will be ill informed."

In another thread, CounterRevolutionary wrote, "James Madison. who penned the Constitution with its attached 1787 Northwest Ordinance, creating all new free states, ending s***ery west of the Ohio River, warned the public in the federalist Papers that the tyranny of the mob was equally as dangerous as the tyranny of one despot."
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So what is the message these posters are trying to convey?

The USA constitution (the basis of all USA law) created a republican government. By inversion, republican government is based on the rule of law.
Since we (speaking of citizens of USA) recognize the infinite wisdom of the Founding Fathers, we love our constitution (the rule of law), and the republic it created.
Therefore, republic is good.
Therefore, being republican is good.
Therefore, being Republican is good.

Mob rule is bad.
Since, democracy is mob rule, a democracy is bad.
Therefore, being a democrat is bad.
Therefore, being a Democrat is bad.

I hope this clarifies the message these posters are trying to convey.

e gagle ye, are you sure you are not a bot? See:

https://phrasee.co/how-to-tell-if-you-are-talking-to-a-chatbot/

Of course, "…they send a link unasked." So acknowledgeurma may also be a bot. How foolish a bot would you be, to keep sending the same post to another bot?

What???

You wrote, "I***ts like you want it called a Democracy, and are determinned to tutn america into a democracy.
That is the Elitist agenda."

Could you explain, how giving everyone equal v****g power is "Elitist", and giving some more v****g power than others, is not "Elitist"?