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Time For School: U.S. Democracy Is Not Mob Rule.
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Our democracy is dually understood, not duly. One group calls it the angry mob, and the remainder of us consider it We The People. Guess who considers a democracy an angry mob? The fearful wealthy aristocrat and plutocrat believe that if the poorest 90% had their way, they would, like a mob in an emotional stupor, completely level the economic conditions of every adult American. Should these wealthy, flap-sweats fear such a democracy? Yes, and no.
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First, while any political structure can be misused, democracy is at least as safe, secure, and sensible as any other system. It all depends on how you approach it. Second, there are the Republican Form of Government aficionados, and their sycophants that deny democracy is mentioned in the Constitution. They are merely cherrypicking the Constitution to fit their narrow view of all things. For example, the Supremacy Clause, or Article 6, provides for near pure democracy to occur in state referendums.
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Democracy is also shorthand for a Liberal Democracy, which I consider a philosophy of changing what has outlived its usefulness, or should never have been in the Constitution. It was this democratic action that made possible the amendment to end slavery, enfranchised black men, gave women the vote, and the like. The…
