by Warren Beatty,American Thinker:
The MSM, radical left Democrats, and progressives like Hillary Clinton, spout that we are experiencing an ‘existential threat to democracy.’ For example,Dr. Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way wrote, “U.S. democracy will likely break down during the Second Trump administration in the sense that it will cease to meet standard criteria for a liberal democracy — full adult suffrage, free and fair elections, and broad protection of civil liberties.”
Hillary says, “Our democracy is in crisis…” Her claim sounds ominous, worthy of further investigation.
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Demosthenes (384 BC — 322 BC) was a Greek statesman of ancient Athens who was a staunch defender of Athenian democracy. He also saw how democracy could easily descend into mobocracy, then into anarchy.
Ever hear of ‘mobocracy?’ It’s a term that refers to the direct democracy of ancient Athens — a system of ‘majority power.’ Athens’ democracy frequently encountered mob demands that caused democracy to evolve into mobocracy, then anarchy. Anarchy and mobocracy are different government concepts. While both involve a lack of formal governance, anarchy refers to the complete absence of government. Mobocracy refers to governance by the desires of the majority, which often leads to anarchy.
Dr. Jonathan Turley, attorney, legal scholar, historian, writer, and commentator, is a professor at George Washington University Law School. Turley, inRage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution,wrote the followingabout Athens’ democracy and its descent into mobocracy:
“…The descent into mob justice was accelerated by intellectuals or orators who sought to ride the passions of the public. As Demosthenes warned, “This breed of orators appeared who ply you with such questions as ‘What would you like? What shall I propose? How can I oblige you? The interests of the state have been frittered away for a momentary popularity. The natural consequences follow, and the orators profit by your disgrace.” As new leaders were brought to power by mobs, prior rabble-rousing orators were often tried for misleading the public. The one thing that remains consistent in mobocracies throughout history is that the mob itself was never wrong, but rather misled. …”
That’s what Democrats are doing today: appealing to the mob, trying to create a mobocracy. For example, Democrats went wild whenTrump said, “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. You can’t do it on a federal. We have to take care of one thing: military protection. We have to guard the country.”
Representative Ro Khanna, D-CA, responded, “Trump says we can pay for war in Iran but can’t afford childcare. Mr. President, the billions you wasted in Iran could pay for $10 day childcare for every American family with childcare workers paid $25 an hour.” Senator Andy Kim, D – N.J., wrote, “For the cost of 3 weeks of this war, we could provide vision, hearing, and dental coverage to every senior on Medicare for a year. It is possible. Trump just doesn’t care to do it.”
Source: SGT Report
