Democracyisavolcanowithfierymaterialsofitsowndestruction
https://csac.history.wisc.edu/2020/10/14/order-republics-and-democracies/#:~:text=
IntheMassachusettsratifyingconvention,FisherAmeslikeneddemocracytoavolcano,“whichconcealsthefierymaterialsofitsowndestruction.Thesewillproduceaneruption,andcarrydesolationintheirway.Thepeoplealwaysmeanright;and,iftimeisallowedforreflectionandinform...[
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Order:RepublicsandDemocraciesPostedonOctober14,2020https://www.facebook.com/CSACWisconsin/AlexanderPopeWhenAmericanscontemplatedindependence,theyfearedsuccessalmostasmuchasfailure.StaunchlybelievinginAlexanderPope’smaximthat“OrderisHeaven’sfirstlaw,”AmericansunderstoodthattheywouldhavetocreatenewformsofgovernmenttoreplacethediscreditedBritishmonarchy.Itwasfeltthatallauthori...[
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taraJan15,2022ThisDayinHistory:"Democracyisavolcano"https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-fisher-amesOnthisdayin1788,FisherAmesaddressesdelegatesattheMassachusettsstateratifyingconvention.WouldhisstateratifytheU.S.ConstitutionandjointheUnion?Amescertainlyhopedso.Nevertheless,thestatementshemadeonthisdaysolongagomaysoundshockingtomodernears.“Ademocracyisavolcano,whichconcealsthefieryma...[
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ReadingRoom/GouverneurMorrisontheWord"Liberty":AnEmptySound?GouverneurMorrisontheWord"Liberty":AnEmptySound?https://oll.libertyfund.org/reading_room/2022-07-14-Miller-Morris-Liberty?By:MelanieRandolphMillerJul14,2022
Isitenoughforanationtohaveaconstitutionpurportingtoguaranteelibertyandjustice?GouverneurMorriswouldsayemphaticallyno:aconsistentthemeinhiswritingsisthataconsti...[
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EverythingWrongwiththe(LyndonBaines)Johnsonadministrationhttps://www.libertarianism.org/everything-wrong-presidents/everything-wrong-lyndon-baines-johnson-administrationOct31st,2019Johnson’sactionsinSoutheastAsiaareundoubtedlythemostnotoriousaspectofhispresidency,bothinpopularmemoryandmainstreamhistories.NICHOLASROLANDNicholasRoland,PhD,isascholarofnineteenth-andtwentieth-?centuryAmericanhis...[
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TheUnitedStatesisn'tademocracy—andwasneverintendedtobehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/06/united-states-isnt-democracy-and-was-never-intended-be/byMichaelToddLandis
anassistantprofessorofhistoryatTarletonStateUniversityandauthorof"NorthernMenwithSouthernLoyalties:TheDemocraticPartyandtheSectionalCrisis."
November6,2018Comment248Whilevoterswillgotothepollso...[
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WhytheRightKeepsSayingThattheUnitedStatesIsn'taDemocracyhttps://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-republicans-keep-saying-that-the-united-states-isnt-a-democracyByOctober15,2020Ifthemosturgentquestionsraisedbythiselectionseasonhavebeen“Whatkindofdemocracydowelivein?”and“Whatkindofdemocracydowewanttolivein?,”thenSenatorMikeLee,ofUtah,hasananswer.Justhoursbeforethe...[
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WhytheUnitedStatesisnotatruedemocracy(Part1)
https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/why-the-united-states-is-not-a-true-democracy-part-1/
JUNE14,2019byVANGOSSE
RadicalReconstruction,1870,whenthefederalgovernmentbrieflyenforcedvotingrights.
We’reonceagaincross-postinganessayfromHistoriansforPeaceandDemocracy.Whenalmosteverydaybringsnewsabouteffortstodenyvotingrights,VanGos...[
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美国国父们为何如此痛恨“民主”？https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/95955743客观21人赞同了该文章文：佚名丨编辑：千字君文章来源：网络为什么美国宪法只字不提民主？为什么《独立宣言》的签署人说:高喊民主的都是疯狗？什么美国宪法的一个重要特质是禁止人民直接参与治理国家？美国制宪人：我们从不承认是民主政体，共和是我们的，民主才是你们的。有不少人以为，民主[
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看看美国制宪的代表们对民主制度的憎恨https://user.guancha.cn/main/content?id=416494&s=fwzwyzzwzbt流沙河上2020-11-2506:08为了让大家对美国制度有一些感性认识，本文摘录部分美国制宪的代表们对民主的评论。目的是让大家了解他们对民主制度的态度与思想，而不是描述某个事件。很明显，他们只能制定一部坚定反民主的宪法，建立一个绝对的反民主的政治制度。我有一文对美国宪法的[
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