Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/ Capitalism Magazine 15 ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/files.php?file= http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/ http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/democracy/5728-republics_vs_democracies.html Democracy Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:26:00 +0000 The term republic is as foreign to our representatives as the term wendigo. 4731a2d1c4497e53e886e872b4df56ab http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/democracy/5674-republics-vs-democracies.html Democracy Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00:00 +0000 Democracy, whether pure or directly participatory (as in ancient Greece or New England), or via national plebiscite, is simply mob rule. Politely defined: majority rule. We have what could be said to be a representative government, but what is the chief function of our representatives, as opposed to their perceived function? Their actual, intended function was to serve as guardians of individual rights. Their perceived function, at least for the last century or so, is to patronize the real or imagined wants of the majority and to deliver them through coercive and confiscatory legislation. 8a372fc22c4c44c5d9092b8745aa2bb8 http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/democracy/5496-abhorrence-of-democracy-and-mob-rule.html Democracy Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0000 Democracy and majority rule give an aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be deemed tyranny. The founders of our nation held a deep abhorrence for democracy and majority rule. c26d7d66691b10033bd65b0e8a7106bc http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/democracy/4933-democracy-or-liberty.html Democracy Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:00:00 +0000 Does democracy really deserve the praise it receives? 0b6d2cfcbbf0761d05ddee6103986451 http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/democracy/4588-conflict-the-battle-hymn-of-the-democracy.html Democracy Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:00:00 +0000 High up on my list of annoyances are references to the United States as a democracy and the suggestion that Iraq should become a democracy. The word "democracy" appears in neither of our founding documents -- the Declaration of Independence nor the U.S. Constitution. 7b866d124f803a01fd876407560b5a91 http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/democracy/4565-democracy-vs-the-essence-of-liberty.html Democracy Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:00:00 +0000 Ever since the discrediting of communism, leftists have been championing a purposely vague thing called "democracy" as the essence of political freedom. 36e9b148e383b3eb48ca8b017ace33a5 http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/democracy/4552-the-false-hope-of-democracy.html Democracy Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:00:00 +0000 There can be no rights in a democracy because provisions against the state are barriers against majorities, a contradiction for any true democracy as one preacher of democracy, Rousseau, reminds us of repeatedly in his Social Contract. The Palestinians have merely confirmed this for the world. 17a154fb6f48241c3267d7ac53a76c10 http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/democracy/4537-democracy-and-the-right-to-vote.html Democracy Mon, 16 Jan 2006 06:00:00 +0000 From claims that we've won the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq simply because locals there can now vote, to recent "Get Out the Vote" campaigns, our leaders -- democrats and republicans alike -- consistently imply that the most fundamental American political idea is that of democracy. d3a4a6d575edd653e80b828511e273a8 http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/democracy/4080-are-we-a-republic-or-a-democracy.html Democracy Wed, 05 Jan 2005 06:00:00 +0000 We often hear the claim that our nation is a democracy. That wasn't the vision of the founders. They saw democracy as another form of tyranny. If we've become a democracy, I guarantee you that the founders would be deeply disappointed by our betrayal of their vision. The founders intended, and laid out the ground rules, for our nation to be a republic. cc308bddeeecf541d4e9e4f45f84464b http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/democracy/3966-democracy-is-no-guarantee-of-freedom-for-iraq.html Democracy Sat, 23 Oct 2004 05:00:00 +0000 A fundamental mistake in Bush's prosecution of the war on terrorism is his promotion of "democracy" detached from any specific forms of free governments. 838d40fb70fc35ffff9b36dcc313a882