found cancer's master switch with the discovery of
a gene they dubbed "Pokemon."
How about a few quotations demonstrating
the disdain our founders held for
democracy? James Madison, Federalist
Paper No. 10: In a pure democracy, "there
is nothing to check the inducement to
sacrifice the weaker party or the
obnoxious individual." At the 1787
Constitutional Convention, Edmund
Randolph said, " ... that in tracing these
evils to their origin every man had found it
in the turbulence and follies of
democracy." John Adams said,
"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It
soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.
There was never a democracy yet that did
not commit suicide." Chief Justice John
Marshall observed, "Between a balanced
republic and a democracy, the difference
is like that between order and chaos." In a
word or two, the founders knew that a
democracy would lead to the same kind of
tyranny the colonies suffered under King
George III. democracy
- Oligarchy or plutocracy, which is the rule
of the wealthy, occurs due to an increase
in the private accumulation and
expenditure of money. As the citizens
grow richer, they think less of virtue, and
soon rich men are honored above all
others. They become lovers of money,
and possession of property becomes a
qualification for citizenship. Now neither
the wise nor the honorable are ruling, but
merely the rich. Another result is that as
the rich get richer and the poor are
excluded, there develops two states in
conflict with each other. The rulers are
few and have no courage for battle; but if
they arm the masses, they become more
afraid of them than the enemy. Also their
love of money makes them unwilling to
pay taxes. Those who are driven out of
business or lose their jobs become the
unemployed and useless drones who
drain the state and often turn criminal.
How does the plutocratic man arise?
When he sees his father pursuing honor
and ambition but floundering on the
sinking ship of state as his position of
prestige and his property are taken from
him, the son humbled by poverty looks
down on ambition and strives only to
become wealthy. To do so he becomes
frugal and stingy, even cheating if the
opportunity presents itself.54-----Plato
where there are no parties. It is not
to far fetched
an interesting article
