Make no mistake. This is leading to a violent overthrow of our own government by good Americans. We are not weak, we will not tolerate fascism.
Make no mistake. This is leading to a violent overthrow of our own government by good Americans. We are not weak, we will not tolerate fascism.
I don't understand how we got here. We are too nice. We've let this go on too long to fix it.
Apathy, denial, you think you live in the best country in the world when that's just propaga nda, entitlement you believe the systems are going to protect you. "We the People," is We The Body Politic in the constitution, democracy is a dirty word. It was never meant to be a democracy.
Uh, yes, it was always intended to be a representative democracy. It still would be if Congress had acted as the check and balance element it was intended as and convicted Trump in his first term.
United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic. Democracy was never mentioned in the constitution, period!
I hold a B.A in Political Science/Public Administration and am a former Congressional staffer. The United States IS a representative democracy.
Nowhere is democracy mentioned in your constitution!
The Constitution established the United States as a democratic republic. It is democratic because the people govern themselves, and it is a republic because the government's power is derived from its people. This means that our government – federal, state, and local – is elected by the citizens.
While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic.
The president is elected by the Electoral College. That's not a democracy.
Guess you better read it again then.
Right now, We The People have to be seen as nonviolent resisters. Millions are needed. Mass protest works if enough people do it. We have to be non-violent because need our military to break to our side, not see us as enemies. Coups come down to whether the military accedes or not.
With every day that passes it will get harder and ultimately require more bloodshed when it happens.
Unfortunately, that is what he wants so he can declare martial law.