We live in a Republic and I don’t think that most people understand what that means. The two forms of government: Democracy and Republic, are not only dissimilar but antithetical, reflecting the sharp contrast between (a) The Majority Unlimited, in a Democracy, lacking any legal safeguard of the rights of The Individual and The Minority, and (b) The Majority Limited, in a Republic under a written Constitution safeguarding the rights of The Individual and The Minority.
Thomas Jefferson once wrote; "All the powers of government, legislative, executive, judiciary, result to the legislative body. The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one. Let those who doubt it turn their eyes on the republic of Venice."
I think some review of the original intent by reading and reflection rather than selective evidence might possibly correct a few opinions, especially as the writers of the constitution had such strong opinions on the matter.
Thomas Jefferson once wrote; "All the powers of government, legislative, executive, judiciary, result to the legislative body. The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one. Let those who doubt it turn their eyes on the republic of Venice."
I think some review of the original intent by reading and reflection rather than selective evidence might possibly correct a few opinions, especially as the writers of the constitution had such strong opinions on the matter.
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