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<blockquote data-quote="Griffin" data-source="post: 1588137" data-attributes="member: 18194"><p>That was well said, but I would disagree that children are taught that the United States is a Republic. Based on my observations and interactions with the general public, the majority of people both young and middle-aged are for some reason, under the impression that the Unites States is a Democracy. Furthermore, they are quite happy with our current form of government, and feel that it is necessary. The only issue they may dispute is who should be in directing the government's immense power, but they do not think that the power itself is the problem only the party or person in control.</p><p></p><p>My conclusion is not that people have been hoodwinked into this form of legislature, but that their desire of how a government should operate has finally been realized. Many people today want an Ochlocracy, they want their social programs, benefits, rules and regulations, but most of all they want the feeling of safety and security and are more than happy to sacrifice whatever is necessary to achieve it.</p><p></p><p>We have all read and heard it many times before, but Benjamen Franklin's words are just as true today as they were when he wrote them.</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."</em> </p><p></p><p>The nation we live in is the nation we have built by design, each successive generation raising the wall of tyranny a little higher.</p><p></p><p>Chris Griffin</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Griffin, post: 1588137, member: 18194"] That was well said, but I would disagree that children are taught that the United States is a Republic. Based on my observations and interactions with the general public, the majority of people both young and middle-aged are for some reason, under the impression that the Unites States is a Democracy. Furthermore, they are quite happy with our current form of government, and feel that it is necessary. The only issue they may dispute is who should be in directing the government's immense power, but they do not think that the power itself is the problem only the party or person in control. My conclusion is not that people have been hoodwinked into this form of legislature, but that their desire of how a government should operate has finally been realized. Many people today want an Ochlocracy, they want their social programs, benefits, rules and regulations, but most of all they want the feeling of safety and security and are more than happy to sacrifice whatever is necessary to achieve it. We have all read and heard it many times before, but Benjamen Franklin's words are just as true today as they were when he wrote them. [I] "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."[/I] The nation we live in is the nation we have built by design, each successive generation raising the wall of tyranny a little higher. Chris Griffin [/QUOTE]
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