29 Jan 2023 8:07 am
who's putting words in someone's mouth? I never claimed that we were a "pure democracy". The rights of the minority are enshrined in our constitution which was democratically formulated and enacted. I have never expressed any interest in weakening our republican customs in any way. As the demographics of America changes, so do our public policies. I have no desire to thwart that natural process of evolution. Again.... you are tossing out the "socialism" word and it is not appropriate. I called you on it and you have been tap dancing ever since.Beekeeper » 29 Jan 2023, 8:40 am » wrote: ↑ ANY Democracy only eliminates the RIGHTS of the MINORITY!! Whereas our REPUBLICAN form of government preserves and encourages the minority and their rights AND opinions- something YOU want to eliminate totally with your "little d" Democracy ****!!
America is a republic and not a pure democracy. The contemporary efforts to weaken our republican customs and institutions in the name of greater equality thus run against the efforts by America’s Founders to defend our country from the potential excesses of democratic majorities. American republicanism and the ordered liberty it makes possible are grounded in the Federalists’ recognition that non-majoritarian parts of the community make legitimate contributions to the community’s welfare, and that preserving these contributions is the hallmark of political justice. But, the careful balance produced by our mixed republic is threatened by an egalitarianism that undermines the social, familial, religious, and economic distinctions and inequalities that undergird our political liberty. Preserving the republican freedoms we cherish requires tempering egalitarian zeal and moderating the hope for a perfectly just democracy.