I'll bet that current American history textbooks say nothing about the Founders abhorence of democracy, which they equated with mob rule. America was set up as a republic, not a democracy.

Democracy is mobocracy, that pretty much fits in with Ben's comments about the two wolves.

He was a smart man.

The Problem with our Republic is that every single day it is switching into a Democracy. The Founding Fathers set up our country with the intention of not having everyone voted. The best way they could figure out if someone was a person of value was if they were a Land Owner, and only land owners could vote.

The next biggest problem is the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution. To sum up how it was before, it worked like this: The House of Representatives was an agent for the people. The Senate was an agent for the individual states. So basically, the House is a 4 year old child writing the grocery shopping list. The Senate is the adult that chooses to not buy piles and piles of bon bons, ice cream, cookies, cake and other candy.

Then came the 16th Amendment, and now not only is the House a 4 year old writing the shopping list, but now the Senate is ALSO a 4 year old doing the actual shopping.

It's infuriating that the vast majority of Americans don't even realize we are supposed to be a republic. It seems they honestly believe that mob rules is the best form of government.

I didn't remember the last sentence in that quote.

Thanks for reminding me.