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<blockquote data-quote="Werewolf" data-source="post: 2003518" data-attributes="member: 239">Without an educated public Democracy is little more than mob rule - which is why the founders created a republic.They designed the republic so that the people&#039;s house was elected and the state&#039;s house was appointed. An appointed body is not beholden to the mob and can offset the ignorance inherent in the actions of the voting mob.We can see the results of changing the senate to an elected body as now the entire Legislative branch as well as the executive is beholden to the mob. The USA has been on a steady decline since.The mob wants things. Elected officials buy the mob&#039;s votes by giving them stuff. More often than not that stuff is not what&#039;s best for the country.We&#039;ve passed the hump when the mob figures out that they can vote themselves benefits out of the public treasury. From here on out its all down hill. We&#039;ll eventually hit bottom. The only question is WHEN?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Werewolf, post: 2003518, member: 239"] Without an educated public Democracy is little more than mob rule - which is why the founders created a republic. They designed the republic so that the people's house was elected and the state's house was appointed. An appointed body is not beholden to the mob and can offset the ignorance inherent in the actions of the voting mob. We can see the results of changing the senate to an elected body as now the entire Legislative branch as well as the executive is beholden to the mob. The USA has been on a steady decline since. The mob wants things. Elected officials buy the mob's votes by giving them stuff. More often than not that stuff is not what's best for the country. We've passed the hump when the mob figures out that they can vote themselves benefits out of the public treasury. From here on out its all down hill. We'll eventually hit bottom. The only question is WHEN? [/QUOTE]

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