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Democracy
&bull; "America will be the epitome of democracy, the preferred kind of government the world has ever recognized. The world envies our kind of government by the people." &bull; "America is the freest nation on Earth." &bull; "In America we have something called freedom which those in other countries do not have and wish they did." &bull; "It's a free of charge country." &bull; "Everyone at the rest of the world dreams of coming to America."

These cherished fanatical beliefs of America and its propagandists have no actual basis in fact or fact, nonetheless they are chanted by loads of Americans, their media and education technique as a religion and set of Gospel truths that are universally agreed upon and unquestionable. Thus they are the antithesis to a free of charge-thinking and fact-looking mind.

1) "America may be the epitome of freedom and democracy for the globe to emulate. It is the most desirable type of government by the people that the world envies."

We will discover into freedom later, in spite of this for today, let's address the democracy concern. Technically, a democracy is defined as a "rule by the majority". Hollywood, the media and our education program all chant that America may be the epitome of democracy as even though it were a Gospel Truth which is universally agreed upon (even so it just isn't by far). It is so ingrained in our culture that countless by no means dare to question it.

The founding fathers in no way intended America to be a democracy and in fact didn't even feel in 1. Most Americans could be shocked to find out this. Anyone who casually researches the American sort of government and its founding at the late 18th Century will see that technically, America was not set up as a democracy nevertheless as a Constitutional Republic.

In truth, there is no mention of the word "democracy" at the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. Even the Pledge of Allegiance cited by school youngsters mentions that America is really a Republic:

"I pledge allegiance towards the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, 1 nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

The founding fathers had been intellectual elites who knew their history. They knew that a democracy was unsustainable, for it was in essence a rule by a lawless mob. The fundamental flaw in a democracy is that the majority is unrestrained.