Re: How Fragile is The American Democracy ? NOVES at Vienna, VA
Posted by: Wake the fook up ()
Date: February 04, 2018 03:52PM
AUTHOR: Benjamin Franklin (1706–90)
QUOTATION: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
“A Republic, if you can keep it.”
ATTRIBUTION: The response is attributed to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN—at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation—in the notes of Dr. James McHenry, one of Maryland’s delegates to the Convention.
Discussion: Ok, ok, it's pretty clear that the founding fathers wanted "republic form of government" first, and not "one citizen one vote" of so called modern democracy.
It's obvious that "republic form" with civil rights and constitution so dismantled by authoritarian Nazi Germany of the 30's, could happen in America, but with new set of risk factors, that could include a "long term stagnation" of America's knowledge economy, when the short term "economic success" is over emphasized, and little investments are made toward "knowledge economy infrastructure" ?
Question: Is this risk same or different than what Ben Franklin was fearful ?
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