I believe they did, but that time has pass,people of that era were not as intelligent as people of today in government matters,we do not need some fool to vote on his own agenta,and the heck with what the people want. I believe it's time for a true Democracy,where as the majority rules. Any thoughts on this ?
2006-10-07 04:06:57 · 16 answers · asked by kman1830 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
When speaking of intelligence,i refer to the average voter of yore.
2006-10-08 03:57:27 · update #1
Having a republic rather than a "pure" democracy is good for us. Either way, you can get good people in government leadership, or not so good ones.
2006-10-07 04:18:03 · answer #1 · answered by Carlos R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean well, but realy People were much smarter than they are today, they had to be halfway smart to survuve, not like these idiots who loot our goverment for cash and prizes every month. Most of americans don;t vote, don;t pay attention to any issues, and I would wager greater than 60% do not even know who their elected representives are. As bad as some parts of our system seem today, its still a far better idea to have a republic.
Also there are so many overly unpopular issues that would not have a chance without a rep govt....gay marriage wouldnt even be an issue if it was majority rule, welfare would not exist anymore, abortion would be a toss up, and being that a majority of Americians are Christians that would also cause many changes.
If there were no reps, how would bills get presented and authored to be presented up for a vote? would there be 1 million things to vote on every year cause everyone has their own adjenda...ie billy bob and joey want drunk driving made legal, jesie wants heroine legalized, doug wants to bang his sister legally... the whole system would be full of so many idoitic items it would take all day to vote for each person
2006-10-07 11:18:54 · answer #2 · answered by lethander_99 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where are you going with this?
YES, without any doubt
This country was founded to be a republic,
i.e. Government by the People for the People.
( ...and to the Republic for which it stands...)
Pledge of Allegiance
Government has now for the most part taken all of the peoples RIGHTS away, and replaced them with PRIVILEGES saying it's for the good of the nation. That's BS.
For the most part, government believes the PEOPLE are too stupid to govern themselves and need to be told how to do everything.
If you think you are FREE living here in America, you have a lot to learn.
Try to find this web site " POLICE STATE ROAD MAP" by Michael Nield
2006-10-07 11:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by xman77 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my concern is that i've watched the american people be utterly brainwashed for the last 5.5 years. american people believe some incredibly untrue things and make decisions based on those mistaken beliefs.
i don't know if direct democracy could be worse than what we've got. it would have to be electronic voting, tho, and so totally vulnerable to manipulation.
what i'd like to see as a fix is to democratize membership in the representative bodies. citizens should have to serve just as they'd have to serve for jury duty - pick our reps off computer rolls, or some other random way. two years and you're done in the house. go home and someone else comes in.
2006-10-07 11:10:58 · answer #4 · answered by cassandra 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well a republic was what the Romans were called did you know that?
Democrats are modern day greeks.
take two failures and what do you get? a third negative LOL.
combined with an egyptian judicial system.
They are all liars self sserving jerks who care not for you, they put a number on you just like Hitler did to the jews and don't call you by name so who is a political system?
I have a name, i am not a number and the SS system (social security) odd initial coincidence huh/ is wrong, violational and NAZZI.
If I'm wrong please show me where.
2006-10-07 12:25:06 · answer #5 · answered by eg_ansel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I completely reject your claim that people in the past were less intelligent than people today (that mainstream attitude is a by-product of Darwinian arrogance).
It would be interesting to see the authors of the Constitution look at America today. Would they be able to re-write the Constitution so that it better protects freedom (economic and religious), which is currently being so visciously undermined, primarily by today's Democratic Party?
2006-10-07 11:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did but they were honest men, nowadays the not so honest are in politics too and it is a different story. Here in Canada we have too many lawyers involved in politics and that has got to drag the system down. Most of the men who were involved in money losing scandals in our government over the past 20 years were the members of parliament who were lawyers.
2006-10-07 11:24:10 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. PDQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"people of that era were not as intelligent as people of today"
Yeah, right-I bet if we sat down with any of the founding fathers, they could talk right over our respective heads, and most of us wouldn't have a clue what the conversation was about, even though it was conducted in English!
2006-10-07 11:18:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there's much hope for this country as long as people keep voting for the same crooks that are in office and don't collectively demand better government.
2006-10-07 11:14:07 · answer #9 · answered by jackie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I disagree, I think our forefathers were a whole lot more intelligent than we are and knew exactly what they were doing.
2006-10-07 11:10:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋