Our Representative our Proxy... Democracy vs. Republic

The United States of America is not a true Democracy, it is a Republic.  The distinction between the two is quite clear and the reasons for making the USA such show themselves every day in the numbness of the people.  The writers of the Constitution, mainly James Madison, were quite aware that pure democracies do not work; they sought to protect the minority from the majority. The ancient City-State Athens (Ancient Greece) is the primary example.

In Athens, the philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death by the majority of citizens in a trial concerning his “impunity” and “corruption of the youth.” He more a scape goat following a terrible loss during the Peloponnesian War.

In the United States we elect representatives because the citizens simply do not have the time to be completely engulfed in politics. It is feasibly impossible to work full-time and keep up to date with all the political nuances that happen on a daily basis. Our representatives, on the other hand, have a full time job understanding every area of the political spectrum.

So the next time you think you have the time and the knowledge to understand everything thats happening now, you don’t!

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The Average American Citizen

Think of your average American Citizen, and how dumb that person is.  Think of Jay Leno's reoccurring segment "Jaywalking" where he interviews pedestrians and asks them questions they were suppose to learn in school.  People often don't know who the Vice President is, or where the capitol of the country is.
If your still thinking of the "average" American


Half of the country is dumber than that!!!


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Our Ideological Funnel (the key to understanding why people think the way they do)

Imagine a baby in diapers, running around the house soaking up every bit of information fed into him.  Fed from a vast array of sources, from his outwardly devoted parents, to Big Bird on Sesame Street, to the children he will meet on the playground in school.  The child does not stand a chance against the millions of bits of information that will be sent in and out of his brain.  He will develop a "funnel" that will be vital in his search for political, or religious, or social truths.

When that child has grown into a man, he will encounter bits of information that his "funnel" will easily accept or discard according to his developed ideological preferences.  Some people are able to restructure their funnel through an open mind and an information seeking plan.  Other people lack a complete funnel and are easily swayed one way or another (these are the people who cant decide who their gonna vote for until the last day).  The next time you face a political opponent who is unwilling to listen to another side of the argument think of them as a child in diapers, unable to restructure the funnel cake that is their brain.   

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Political polarization in the US of A

There are often difficulties discussing politics in today's ever growing socially connected world.  Political statements seem to be accepted more than they are in the real world of dialogue.  All the same I have come to the realization that I cannot stand idly by any longer and listen to the garbage spat from both sides of the political spectrum.

I do not expect a soul to follow my rant, but if you find this then hello!!!

SO THIS IS FOR YOU Ms. Hippie Tree Hugger who forgets to see that there is a founded necessity to expand our reach in the great white north and exploit our natural resources well we still have a chance.

AND THIS IS FOR YOU Mr. Trailer Park gun slinger who doesn't understand that Mr. Obama is not a Muslim, he is Christian.  Your own leaders say it.  Get over it.

It is my hope that in this rambling I may recall some key points of theory that helped create my own political ambiguity.  Of all, the one thing that really "grinds my gears" is that most liberals and conservatives have unfounded ideals that polarization is always the standard.  This creates the political statements on the F=book and on TV that are so "radical" and disconnected with the truth...

So lets get one thing clear, Conservatives and Liberals are not on opposite sides of the spectrum.  They merely have founding principles that are not the same...  

Each agree that the government has a Social Contract to protect our personal freedom. 

The difference is that Liberals believe in protecting personal liberties, i.e. health, hunger, life.  

And Conservatives believe in protecting there personal property, which they worked hard for and have the right to do as they please with...

So every time you hear, Conservatives stand for America, that doesn't mean Liberals are anti-america, they just see a different version of it. 

        In the wake of the Vietnam war thousands of students and progressives stood outside draft halls and government buildings calling for the end of fighting...  Those who were supporting the war stood on the other side of the street holding up American Flags.  The smartest thing the progressives could have done was hold up American Flags as well, and demonstrated on behalf of the State; instead they burned the flags igniting a stigma that would last with them forever.      

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