Well, guess what... I'm already talking about politics. Sort of.
A friend of mine sent me a link to a brief essay that discusses whether the US is a democracy or a republic. Walter Williams is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University; he concludes his essay by asking the following:
Do Americans share the republican values laid out by our founders, and is it simply a matter of our being unschooled about the differences between a republic and a democracy? Or is it a matter of preference and we now want the kind of tyranny feared by the founders where Congress can do anything it can muster a majority vote to do? I fear it's the latter.
I have to say I agree with Dr. Williams, only I think it's worse than that. I think not only do we generally want the kind of tyranny he suggests, I think there are many who are actively working to ensure it. They know exactly what they're doing.
Posted by jbuie at January 9, 2005 03:56 PM