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Offline pjcomix

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Politico Column Slams U.S. Constitution as Undemocratic
« on: January 06, 2022, 01:22:36 am »
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In a Wednesday op-ed for Politico, invoking the media’s obsession with January 6, Brooklyn College political science professor Corey Robin flashed just how little he understood about how and why America’s founders set up the system of government they did. Or perhaps the goal was to just undo that great architecture and supplant it with something inferior.

You know how irked Robin is with our system of government right away just by reading the title: "Republicans Are Moving Rapidly to Cement Minority Rule. Blame the Constitution." And since this is January 6 week where it is mandatory for all liberals to obsess about that date, Robin starts off with that but only as a segue to his Constitution slamming.

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2022/01/05/politico-column-slams-us-constitution-undemocratic
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Re: Politico Column Slams U.S. Constitution as Undemocratic
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2022, 01:47:29 pm »
The country was never a Democracy.

The Constitution created a Republic
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Re: Politico Column Slams U.S. Constitution as Undemocratic
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2022, 01:48:53 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on January 06, 2022, 01:47:29 pm
The country was never a Democracy.

The Constitution created a Republic
Precisely.
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Re: Politico Column Slams U.S. Constitution as Undemocratic
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2022, 01:49:41 pm »
The Founders did not want a "democracy" for fear of mob rule.
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Re: Politico Column Slams U.S. Constitution as Undemocratic
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2022, 02:27:28 pm »
The Constitution is "undemocratic" because our Founders understood that Democracy as a form of government always leads to tyranny.

As such, they designed a Federal Republic bound by fealty to the same Constitution, with the people's representatives acting under (small"D") democratic rules and procedures and elected by the popular votes of citizens.

Democracy as a form of government is glorified mob rule, wherein temporary majorities determine what are "rights" and who may possess them.

That always works out well. 

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Re: Politico Column Slams U.S. Constitution as Undemocratic
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2022, 02:28:07 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on January 06, 2022, 01:49:41 pm
The Founders did not want a "democracy" for fear of mob rule.

Exactly
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