The Most Deceptive Word In The English Language
I was meandering through my thoughts the other day wondering how the word democracy has become the magic word of politics and the common man in the US, yet few really understand what that word really means when applied in our country, by even our intellectual class. Most Objectivist understand what democracy really means, but run up against the 'double-speak' and 'double-think' of the current mass of citizens. Then I ran onto this article:
"When politicians utter the word democracy, they are using a code word that signifies their total allegiance to the state. They are using mass hypnosis to manipulate the people against human liberty.
Democracy is that universal mystery that is loved by all and opposed by none. It implies everything good to everyone and every religion. It is the mantle (mantra) of the New World Order. It is the apex of adoration for the state, universalism, One Worldism and materialism. It is Satanism posing as an angel of light.
Anyone seeking human liberty, privacy and private property under the mental deception of democracy is under the greatest illusion. Let us purge our minds of this seductive appeal, this spiritual despotism. It has stolen our conscience, our soul and our honor. It is our legacy to future generations to whom we are passing on our slavery. Shame could have no greater victory.
Democracy is a faith, a state religion, a state of mind. It is the progressive destruction of the person — the individual. It is covered and masked with benevolence, philanthropy and brotherhood. Democracy is the opposite of the common belief. It is “democratic” tyranny, a camouflage for despotism. Its goal is nothing less than universal slavery."
"When politicians utter the word democracy, they are using a code word that signifies their total allegiance to the state. They are using mass hypnosis to manipulate the people against human liberty.
Democracy is that universal mystery that is loved by all and opposed by none. It implies everything good to everyone and every religion. It is the mantle (mantra) of the New World Order. It is the apex of adoration for the state, universalism, One Worldism and materialism. It is Satanism posing as an angel of light.
Anyone seeking human liberty, privacy and private property under the mental deception of democracy is under the greatest illusion. Let us purge our minds of this seductive appeal, this spiritual despotism. It has stolen our conscience, our soul and our honor. It is our legacy to future generations to whom we are passing on our slavery. Shame could have no greater victory.
Democracy is a faith, a state religion, a state of mind. It is the progressive destruction of the person — the individual. It is covered and masked with benevolence, philanthropy and brotherhood. Democracy is the opposite of the common belief. It is “democratic” tyranny, a camouflage for despotism. Its goal is nothing less than universal slavery."
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Democracy can work when the group's status is that of true peers -- Democracy will inevitably fail when their is real inequality within the group.
Democracy is a form of government that has an electorate of 'citizens' (note, not always universal, often restricted to a subset of the population.) which chooses their leaders, normally via election, by the majority. As anyone who remembers high school knows, its seldom the best who get nominated, let alone elected.
This is one of the main reasons why the founding fathers wanted a republic with federalism and a system of checks and balances on each branch of government. With federalism, power is broadly distributed among various levels of government (local, state, federal), in order to avoid a concentration of power and the danger that results from the corruption and tyranny that follows.
The political debate (and foundational principle of each of the 2 dominant political parties) from the very beginning of our country has centered on where the proper balance of power (between levels and branches) should be. Modern Democrats have always wanted majority rule (democracy) as the guiding principle for everything, as well as a very strong central government in DC. Republicans were founded on the idea of preserving our republic with its constitutional limits on federal power. This is why progressive Republicans are labeled as RINOs (Republicans In Name Only), since they ignore the foundational principles of the party.
The history of the 2 dominant political parties in the U.S. outlines the battle in the balance of power between states and the central (federal) government, as well as between the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. A condensed summary of that history, from its beginning, would be:
1) Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans (Anti-Federalists) -- Federalists wanted more power in the initially weak central government. Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans objected but wanted majority rule as a stronger feature of our republic.
2) Democrats vs. Whigs -- When Jefferson's party coalition later splintered, Andrew Jackson's Democrats thought the Presidency should be the most powerful branch of the federal government. Whigs, on the other hand, believed Congress should be the most powerful.
3) Democrats vs. Republicans -- The founding principles were the stronger emphasis on "democracy" (majority rule) vs. "republic". However, progressives later took over the Republican (GOP) party before finding a more compatible home in the Democrat party and concentrating mostly there. Today, the modern GOP is the most politically diverse party coalition, and thus the most fractious -- RINOs, conservatives, some libertarians, the Tea Party wing, foreign policy hawks, Chamber of Commerce types, etc... No sub-group of the GOP party coalition can get elected on its own. So, there is always a struggle among the sub-groups to play a more dominant role, while trying to hold the fractious, diverse coalition together. The modern Democrat party is far more unified behind the principles of caffeine-free socialism imposed by an all powerful federal government that justifies its progressive policies based on majority rule.
They know what they're saying...bastards! It just paves the way for any majority that thinks they are sanctioned by "what's fair for everybody", by god, or by the 'elite' to bury our individual rights.