On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:50 PM, David Krings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But that is what an election in a democracy is supposed to be. I wouldn't have jumped in on this, except that I am nearly finished with reading McCullough's "John Adams" and that simply is not the case. The U.S. government is not a democracy [1], never has been. It's a republic [2]. This is spelled out in Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution. The Founding Fathers were not only concerned about *mob rule* but also having the will of a monarch imposed. They tried to find a balance and they used previous and existing governmental models as the basis for the Constitution. They also didn't want the rich to rule the poor, or the poor to rule the rich. The system is meant to counter-balance things, and sometimes one faction gains the upper hand and in other matters they lose out. It is not a *what is good for the few is good for the many* system of government, nor the other way around. Whether or not the act of voting is *democratic* or not, I don't know. Never really thought about it. But the U.S. is a republic, not a democracy. I'll go back to coding now:) [1] http://www.constitution.org/constit_.htm [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic -- Randal Rust R.Squared Communications www.r2communications.com _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
