Quote Originally Posted by Dream of the iris
Ok.....Obama may have sound idea's and in theory they work but its important to continuously remind yourself that power corrupts. Yesterday, America voted for Obama and basically said "You know what? America is fucked up, we have lost our ways, and the whole World is going to shit. Obama, you sound like the man with the plan so we will vote for you. What you want place more governmental control on us? Well thats fine as long as the control is used for all the right reasons like spreading the Wealth and improving our economy. We're so shell shocked by Iraq and 9/11 and the bush regime, that we're willing to take that risk because at this point we're all desperate".

So given the fact that History has proven that power corrupts almost all of the time, don't you feel a little worried that the government could use a socialist country to their advantage? Maybe Obama will do a lot of good for this country. Perhaps he isn't part of the Corporatocracy. Maybe he will produce good change. But the one thing that could never be disputed is, now that Obama is placing so much governmental control on America, there's a good chance future leaders could use this at our disadvantage.

There was a reason why our founding fathers wanted a democracy....to give the power to the people. Obviously absolute democracy with a free capitalistic society doesn't fully work as the 1800's proved, but with limited government intervention and a relatively free capitalistic society, I think we could find a happy medium. Too much government intervention lends itself too much power to take advantage of the people. Too little government intervention allows the people to become vulnerable to other powerful entities that were not predicted back in 1776, like massive corporations. We need the government in place for our protection but it is imperitive to have a limit on that protection. Think of limited government intervention to be a system of checks and balances between the people and the government. If the government has full control, then who could stop them if they ever decided to do something that we didn't want? Sure they can insure every kid a good education and they can provide tax breaks for us. Shoot they can even tell its citizens how bad Pot is by sending us to rehab. But whats going to happen if Obama decides he wants to go to Iran? What if he wants to re-enact the draft? His policies could easily backfire on us and move south very fast.
The founding fathers didn't believe in anywhere near as much democracy as we have in the u.s. now. Originally, congressmen were selected by state legislatures. Presidents were elected by the Electoral College, who were also appointed by state legislatures. And, if I remember right, state legislatures didn't have to be selected by a democratic election. I might be wrong on the latter but everything before that, I'm sure of.

Democracy is slow and wildly inefficient. However, it keeps tyrants in check.
Republics are very fast and extremely effective at reaching their goals, but it's often the goals of the representatives, not the goals of the people.

The founding fathers hoped to balance that out, and the system worked for a long time. However, I think it's greatly outdated and the amendments outside the bill of rights have really compromised the balance between the democracy and the republic.

However, that imbalance pales in comparison to the way corporations, capitalism, and banking have siphoned a lot of power away from the government...Personally, I think the constitution is moot if it doesn't protect us from the people who give us the money to feed, clothe, and house ourselves...

Sorry, I kind of rambled on there lol