a safeguard

 I hear that we live in a Democracy. I hear that all the time, especially from those on the left, the Democrats. I get it, it is in the name of their party. The big statement from that party being majority rules! That's the democratic principal. That was certainly the founding principal of that party platform. You know, back in the day. Back then the majority did rule. That's why that party voted against the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution. The white guys were in the majority, most especially the white southern guys. The Democratic party began life as the "common" man party, opposing big government and supporting individual rights. That has certainly changed over time. Yes, at one time the democrats were Republicans. Before the civil war they supported slavery and after slavery opposed civil rights in an effort to retain that southern voting bloc. It's important to understand the Republican party was formed in opposition to the expansion of slavery. Prior to the republican party there was the Whig party and a few other factions. But the Republican party joined those together in opposition to the expansion of slavery. 

 So today the Democrats are always proclaiming it's a democracy and the majority rules. Well, except all of their policies don't go along with that philosophy. The Democrats really just enact legislation that will secure votes. Just as they opposed civil rights to gain the southern vote, that trend continues. Once those former slaves and "colored" folks got the right to vote, the party began pandering to them. Then, just like Forest Gump might say, just like that, the democrats were concerned for their welfare. The Democrats having figured out that they don't really need the majority of Americans, they need the majority of votes. You can see that in action today plainly enough. The ideology of the party has changed. No longer concerned with the common man, they are simply concerned with the retention of power. The common man be damned, it is government that is important, a Democratic government. Those pesky Republicans are actually trying to maintain a Republic! A government for the people, American people.

 The democrats have decided that by supporting every minority group in the nation they can achieve a majority. A majority of votes, not necessarily what is best for the nation, but what is best for their party. The Democrats don't really want the majority vote, they want to rule by the force of the mob. A mob of fifty can overwhelm a peaceful group of one hundred. You know, like a biker gang versus a church choir. And that is how we wound up with laws benefitting three percent of the population, imposing their ideology on our children. That's why there is so much discussion to restrict rights granted by the constitution. Create higher crime rates, increase the poverty level, convince the population that government is the answer and promise relief from the government and presto, you have a democrat. The plan to gain that majority vote is to simply leave the population with no other choice. Make them hungry, poor, and angry. Remove rights, redistribute what others have earned and impose strict regulations on freedom. Once that is accomplished the party can change once again. It can become a dictatorship! Hey, you voted for it! Majority rules. 

 The democrats. The party that believes so much in majority rule that they support every minority. Well at least they find them useful so really not much has changed over the nearly two centuries of their existence. Because you see that's the key. If you can continue to find a use for the minority, you can gain the majority. The only problem is maintaining that control. Once the money runs out it gets to be a problem. Once all the "rights" are granted, once all the money is spent, once the minority has achieved equality what's left to promise? Because, you see, it is very simple really. The minority is not equal to the majority. And that is a simple truth. Majority rules! That's why we have a Republic though, that's the safeguard against a simple democracy.