At the root, the family, democracy doesn't work. Children's brains aren't well developed, they are impulsive and emotional creatures, defiant as well, and what they want, they want now. And frankly parents in a lot of cases are little better, for the kids follow the parents example.
At the root, the family, democracy doesn't work. Children's brains aren't well developed, they are impulsive and emotional creatures, defiant as well, and what they want, they want now. And frankly parents in a lot of cases are little better, for the kids follow the parents example.
At the local level, idealistically, democracy works best, but I know first hand, that local politics is corrupted by money, influence and ideology. (Especially the likes of school boards)
Look at all of the countries that claim to be, or held to be, democratic because they have voting. Russia for example, Hungary, Turkey another., and Africa, well there is hardly any true democracies in Africa, though all have voting. If one side doesn't like the results, well there is the coup, like that attempted on Jan 6th.
Yet it is an admirable goal, but I fear that to save Democracy, sometimes a heavy hand is needed. A heavy hand that will back off, because it is not driven by ego or a lust for power.
The example I can think of is our 1st President, offered a crown he refused.
Washington's voluntary decision to decline a third term was also seen as a safeguard against the type of tyrannical power yielded by the British crown during the Colonial era.
Roosevelt was elected four times, and thank god, he saved America from itself (big business, finance, wall street, the economic royalists he talked about), and made decisions that whipped the fascist ass of Japan and Germany., unlike Biden he was not a compromiser, and didn't fold when criticized. a polio cripple with a backbone of steel, and the Republicans (Plutocrats) still hate him.
The concept of democracy is a tough one.
At the root, the family, democracy doesn't work. Children's brains aren't well developed, they are impulsive and emotional creatures, defiant as well, and what they want, they want now. And frankly parents in a lot of cases are little better, for the kids follow the parents example.
At the local level, idealistically, democracy works best, but I know first hand, that local politics is corrupted by money, influence and ideology. (Especially the likes of school boards)
Look at all of the countries that claim to be, or held to be, democratic because they have voting. Russia for example, Hungary, Turkey another., and Africa, well there is hardly any true democracies in Africa, though all have voting. If one side doesn't like the results, well there is the coup, like that attempted on Jan 6th.
Yet it is an admirable goal, but I fear that to save Democracy, sometimes a heavy hand is needed. A heavy hand that will back off, because it is not driven by ego or a lust for power.
The example I can think of is our 1st President, offered a crown he refused.
Washington's voluntary decision to decline a third term was also seen as a safeguard against the type of tyrannical power yielded by the British crown during the Colonial era.
Roosevelt was elected four times, and thank god, he saved America from itself (big business, finance, wall street, the economic royalists he talked about), and made decisions that whipped the fascist ass of Japan and Germany., unlike Biden he was not a compromiser, and didn't fold when criticized. a polio cripple with a backbone of steel, and the Republicans (Plutocrats) still hate him.