Funk and Wagnall’s def. Republic n. A state in which the sovereignty
resides in the people, and the legislative and administration powers
are lodged in officers elected by them.
F and W’s def. Democracy n. A form of government in which political power
resides in all the people and is exercised by them directly or is given to
elected representatives.
Stop! Wherever you are, not in motion literally, no, don’t do that.
I mean figuratively; look around you, if you’re on the highway don’t
see the cars see the people. On the byway see the people not the
landscape. Again, wherever you are. Understand that you, they, we are
the people, all the people.
How is it then that laws that are made for all of the people benefit only
some of the people?
Revert to the definitions above. The def. of Republic contains
this quote “the sovereignty resides in the people”, it did not say some of
the people. It did not say corporations, it did not say big money, it did
not say a jury of nine lifetime appointed people who sit in judgment
for us, or should I say of us.
In the definition of Democracy you will find this quote, “political power
resides in all the people” again, it did not say some of the people, etc.
Italics are mine.
I suggest we live in neither a Republic or a Democracy, call it what you
may, and make of the above what you will.
Islander.
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