Brooklyn
I stand with John Locke.
As many know, kcbrown and I tend to get sidetracked into discussions about the first principles of government. Those who are not interested in such matters will have an easier time ignoring us in separate thread, but I would like to encourage others to jump in. The founders were wise and practical men, but what they wrought requires much of each citizen, and we are,though the vote, the architects of our government, and we must, therefore, concern ourselves with its principles as well as its practice. To do otherwise is to dishonor the founders , and, as well, makes a mockery of the principle of self Government.
Much has been made of the distrust the founders had for "the popular mind" , which then, as now, they held to unequal to the task of government, not only of others, but of themselves in their private lives-- our current predicament speaks in favor of that distrust, and suggests once again that the American experiment is a fools errand doomed to failure ..
Thus, before returning to the particulars of this current debate, I wanted to give a presmable to set the stage for why I think this is worth my time and yours as well ---
We are the architects of our own government,and it is is best that we start thinking like such-- If we cannot then 'government of the people, by the people, and for the people, should perish from the earth'.
Brooklyn
Much has been made of the distrust the founders had for "the popular mind" , which then, as now, they held to unequal to the task of government, not only of others, but of themselves in their private lives-- our current predicament speaks in favor of that distrust, and suggests once again that the American experiment is a fools errand doomed to failure ..
Thus, before returning to the particulars of this current debate, I wanted to give a presmable to set the stage for why I think this is worth my time and yours as well ---
We are the architects of our own government,and it is is best that we start thinking like such-- If we cannot then 'government of the people, by the people, and for the people, should perish from the earth'.
Brooklyn
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