Longer, this isn't a democracy and the founders were against democracies. They said they were mob rule with with manners. We are a representative republic. Originally Posted by john_galtCorrect, we are a representative republic. The new government was an experiment in democracy. A new type of government that came about due to the excess of power by two institutions that drove people out of Europe to the new land where they could get land; it was not available except to the government/royalty and the church in England, and much of Europe.
A true democracy exists in only small community where everyone can come together to discuss and vote openly on community issues. We are just too large for that, thus the representative form of government; even in 1776 we were too large for that. What the founders objected to was the Kings, royalty, and the bureaucrats (From the French: Bureau = Desk; Cratic = Ruler: meaning a ruler from the desk).
After the Constitution was presented to the people for ratification the answer was: hold on a minute; how do we know that we won't at some time get the same run around that the Bureaucrats in Europe give the people; they just ignore the needs of the people. Thus the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution. The first admendment is:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
And just in case the government did not want to listen to a petition to redress grievances, the second admendment is:
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. "
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