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faithkills (34)in #politcal • 9 years ago
RE: This is what Democracy looks like
I'm in that group. Patrick Henry smelled a rat, and it still stinks. Nevertheless the plausibility of the Constitution was the veneer of it's appeal to the rule of law. I'm a big…
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faithkills (34)in #politcal • 9 years ago
RE: This is what Democracy looks like
It's too big. The principles weren't terrible, but it's too big. And it's not just some Americans it's a lot. There's a lot of chickenhawks amongst the trumpsters, but there's…
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faithkills (34)in #politcal • 9 years ago
RE: This is what Democracy looks like
And it's a poor justification. It doesn't work, and there's no particular reason it would. If peaceful transfer of power is really desired, limit the power. In democracy power…
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faithkills (34)in #politics • 10 years ago
RE: Political Mythology 101 (Part One)
Well let's be clear federalists were also rich, white, landowning, male slave owners. Slave owning was par. The debate was to give a centralized political class all the power…
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faithkills (34)in #politics • 10 years ago
RE: Political Mythology 101 (Part One)
It's the fundamental problem with revolution, and why it doesn't and can't work. You had a bunch of guys that just killed a lot of people. Granted they (redcoats) mostly deserved…
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