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The basics are good, but we morphed into something they would have to tweak to match our world today.
It's actually all the tweaking they did over the centuries that got us to where we are today.
If they left the "basics" alone that did give a lot of leeway.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.
These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage"
Sadly it appears that our country as a whole has reached the apathy stage.
apathy - dependence stage. So many wanting the government to "bail them out" in so many ways..subsidized this and subsidized that, free this and free that and who will pay .... why the rich will pay.
And that increasing dependence puts you right back into bondage...to the government that rules you via $$$
Just look at some of the threads started here where people haven't a clue how things work.
Look at the posts about abortion where people actually think abortion is written about in the constitution and are upset that the SCOTUS is sending it back to the states where something like this is directed to be according to the constitution.
Just look at some of the threads started here where people haven't a clue how things work.
Look at the posts about abortion where people actually think abortion is written about in the constitution and are upset that the SCOTUS is sending it back to the states where something like this is directed to be according to the constitution.
A nation of people lacking knowledge is a nation easily led.
Your always gonna have those rich kids that just go to college to party.
Well, it seems the ones in the video weren't those type...they tended to have very poor enunciation and mostly talked like Dey was all ghetto an stuff...they were NOT the rich frat type.
Nice try though at being racist.
Most people used to have a least a basic understanding. It changed when they started taking out Govnemrent, Constitutional, and Civic classes or when they stopped being mandatory. Then the rise of Cable News.
We also used to elect better leaders overall. Not to say that they have all always been good, but certainly, at one point most of them, in general, were good in general. People were also better at knowing (again Government and Cosnituial classes) when they had a bad or corrupt politician who need to be voted ut. Country over party. Over the last 10-15 years or so (the last 5 in particular) we have gotten too many bad apples (both sides) who have gotten elected and who should not be in the office that people still voting for.
Al schools need to reintroduce unbias classes that educate students on The government (American government and how it works, functions, etc,), civics classes, and consortial classes. At least one form or another of these should be mandatory from 5th grade and up through 12th.
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