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Posted By TechnologyExpert 1 year, 4 months ago in NewsAccording to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, 69 percent of adult Americans who responded to a poll June 26-29 said the signers of the Declaration of Independence would be disappointed by the way the nation has turned out overall.
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rimbaud1 year, 4 months ago
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The Founding Father's would be impressed with how well the Constitution has preserved the principles of the Declaration of Independence and how well it has withstood the test of time. The would be impressed with how the country has evolved (through the civil rights court cases) to fall better in line with the principles of the Declaration.
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mompro1 year, 4 months ago
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I also think they would be saddened by the misuse of the Constitution to promote prejudice and oppression to many. Free speech has been abused in many ways. But, we have to protect it regardless. The right to bear arms, the same, but we have to protect it, etc. I don't think they could have envisioned this in any way. How we've evolved from the original has many good points obviously, but some not so good as well. Sorry for such a broad picture. I don't need to tell anyone how complicated the simple has become.
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raza91 year, 4 months ago
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At the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin told an inquisitive citizen that the delegates to the Constitutional Convention gave the people a Republic, if you can keep it. We should apologize to Mr. Franklin. It is obvious that the Constitution is just a shell of what it once was. Our Republic has diminished and we are wallowing in a pure democracy.
The job of the government is to provide liberty and protect liberty. The people are supposed to take care of themselves. Both in a personal way as well as in economic way. And we're not supposed to tell other countries how to live. That's what the Constitution dictates to us.
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raza91 year, 4 months ago
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Our constitutional system was designed to restrain political power and place limits on the size and scope of government. Giving more authority over social matters to any branch of the federal government is a mistake, because a centralized government is unlikely to reflect local sentiment for long. Both political parties are guilty of ignoring the 9th and 10th amendments, and federalizing whole areas of law that constitutionally should be left up to states. This abandonment of federalism and states' rights paved the way for our current state of affairs.
Over the last hundred years, the goal of securing individual liberties within the framework of a constitutional republic has been replaced with incessant talk of democracy and fairness.
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raza91 year, 4 months ago
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The majority is assumed to be in charge today and can do whatever it pleases. If the majority has not yet sanctioned some desired egregious action demanded by special interests, the propaganda machine goes into operation, and the pollsters relay the results back to the politicians who are seeking legitimacy in their endeavors. The rule of law and the Constitution have become irrelevant, and we live by constant polls.
Our Founders shared strongly held views regarding the evils of democracy and the benefits of a Constitutional Republic. For them, a democracy meant centralized power, controlled by majority opinion, which was up for grabs and therefore completely arbitrary.
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raza91 year, 4 months ago
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In contrast, a Republic was decentralized and representative in nature, with the government's purpose strictly limited by the Constitution to the protection of liberty and private property ownership. They believed the majority should never be able to undermine this principle and that the government must be tightly held in check by constitutional restraints.
This trend toward authoritarian democracy was tolerated because, unlike a military dictatorship, it was done in the name of benevolence, fairness, and equity. The pretense of love and compassion by those who desire to remold society and undermine the Constitution convinced the recipients, and even the victims, of its necessity. Since it was never a precipitous departure from the republic, the gradual erosion of liberty went unnoticed.
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raza91 year, 4 months ago
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The urge to accommodate majority opinion, while ignoring the principles of individual liberty, led to serious errors. Our Founding Fathers today, would probably be labeled as terrorist appeasing, limp wristed latte drinkers. However, I can conclude, those smears would hardly suppress their dissent. They would mostly likely declare, that they have a dream. A dream to restore our Constitutional Republic!
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