Empires fall and dictators are overthrown. What makes us think that freedom in America will last forever? According to the history books a country based on freedom and economic liberty will last a little over 200 years. Don't look now but I think we are living on borrowed time. Or are we? I think we have already given up our freedoms. Slowly, without much fanfare, our freedoms have been taken away from us.
This country was not founded as a democracy. It was a republic and my use of past tense is correct. Our founders feared a democracy and established a republic. A republic is governed by the rule of law and not majority rule as a democracy is. Majority rule is what has gotten us in the shape we are in now. That is how our constitution has gradually been changed people. That is how we have lost our individual rights and freedoms. Our founding fathers were specifically against and fearful of a graduated progressive tax system, government employed educators and majority rule. Majority elected representatives is as far as that went and they shouldn't have been able to rewrite laws to suit their needs. The progressive ablility of politicians to practice this is what has led to the state our current political system is currently in. Politicians with the ability to redistribute (take my money and give it to someone else by force) wealth is and will be the downfall of freedom in this nation.
This country was not founded as a democracy. It was a republic and my use of past tense is correct. Our founders feared a democracy and established a republic. A republic is governed by the rule of law and not majority rule as a democracy is. Majority rule is what has gotten us in the shape we are in now. That is how our constitution has gradually been changed people. That is how we have lost our individual rights and freedoms. Our founding fathers were specifically against and fearful of a graduated progressive tax system, government employed educators and majority rule. Majority elected representatives is as far as that went and they shouldn't have been able to rewrite laws to suit their needs. The progressive ablility of politicians to practice this is what has led to the state our current political system is currently in. Politicians with the ability to redistribute (take my money and give it to someone else by force) wealth is and will be the downfall of freedom in this nation.
