It took 180 years to write the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The founders began to develop our Great Constitution by first reading and studying the many forms of government; being thinking men, they began to form the framework years before anything was ever written down. These men were farmers, teachers, military men, blacksmiths and others from all walks of life. The thing they had in common was a desire to learn, so they studied the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle and Cicerio. The book The 5000 Year Leap describes the reasons why a Republic was chosen over a Democracy :
There are many reasons who the Founders wanted a republican form of government rather than a democracy. Theoretically, a democracy requires the full participation of the masses of the people in the legislative or decision-making processes of government. This has never worked because the people become so occupied with their daily tasks that they will not properly study the issues, nor will they take the time to participate in extensive hearings before the vote is taken. The Greeks tried to use democratic mass participation in the government of their city states and each time it ended in tyranny.
James Madison contrasted democracy and republican form of government in The Federalist Papers, No. 10, Page 81. He went on to point out that an expanding country like the United States could not confine itself to the limitations of a democracy, but had to rely on a representative or republican form of government to protect the expanding interests of its people. He said
In a democracy the people meet and exercise the government in person; in a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents. A democracy, consequently, must be confined to a small spot. A republic may be extended over a large region (The Federalist Papers, No. 14, p. 100)
The 5000 Year Leap also explains the modern emphasis on “Democracy”.
The creation of the current confusion developed as a result of a new movement in the United States. Approximately 100 people met in New York in 1905 and organized what they called the Intercollegiate Socialist Society (ISS). Chapters were established on more than sixty college and university campuses coast to coast. In time the co-directors explained that the ISS was set up to “throw light on the world-wide movement of industrial democracy known as socialism” (The New York Times, Jan 28, 1919)
What was this new movement attempting to accomplish? Socialism is defined as “government ownership or control of all means of production, (farms, factories, mines and natural resources) and all the means of distribution (transportation, communications and the instruments of commerce). Obviously. this is not a democracy in the classical sense. And it is the very antithesis of a free market economy in a republic.
This is where we are and where we are heading right now. Plans are underway to seize all waterways which includes creeks, streams and rivers that may be running through private properties. (seizure of natural resources) Seizure of the internet are also underway. The current administration already “owns” or controls the print and TV media, threatening talk radio. Ownership of the auto industry and financial markets are now government projects. This looks like Socialism to me.
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