"[I]t has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time;...." -- Winston Churchill
While I personally have my list of people that I don't believe that should be allowed to vote or run for office, that doesn't work because everyone else has their list as well and I am probably on theirs as well.
Who gets to enact that type of list? Even if I agree with them, what happens when the next person comes to power with a different list that I don't agree with?
We have to actively support the rights of people we disagree with. It is not just tolerance. It is a matter of self preservation.
The problem is that our tolerance and trust in others (naively perhaps) is what has made "democracy" the failure it is. John Adams said it a long time ago, that our form of government only works with moral and religious people. As we have lived our lives in peace seeking to improve ourselves, the immoral and pagan have wormed their way into the halls of power and now we are living with the results. Sadly, this can only end one way - the same way previous societies have had to solve their own capture by the immoral and pagan ones.
I'll argue that American's have been very tolerant. But tolerance is not good enough for the left. DEI mandates that you embrace and support cultures and lifestyles that you disagree with. Anyone who attends public schools, works in the public sector or a woke institution gets bludgeoned with it. This creates intolerance, rather than fosters it. The Left hates "tolerance" and they hate America.
"[I]t has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time;...." -- Winston Churchill
While I personally have my list of people that I don't believe that should be allowed to vote or run for office, that doesn't work because everyone else has their list as well and I am probably on theirs as well.
Who gets to enact that type of list? Even if I agree with them, what happens when the next person comes to power with a different list that I don't agree with?
We have to actively support the rights of people we disagree with. It is not just tolerance. It is a matter of self preservation.
The problem is that our tolerance and trust in others (naively perhaps) is what has made "democracy" the failure it is. John Adams said it a long time ago, that our form of government only works with moral and religious people. As we have lived our lives in peace seeking to improve ourselves, the immoral and pagan have wormed their way into the halls of power and now we are living with the results. Sadly, this can only end one way - the same way previous societies have had to solve their own capture by the immoral and pagan ones.
Great insight, Jerry F
A benevolent tyranny ruled by an enlightened theocratic philosopher priest-king overseeing a global federation of constitutional republics.
I'll argue that American's have been very tolerant. But tolerance is not good enough for the left. DEI mandates that you embrace and support cultures and lifestyles that you disagree with. Anyone who attends public schools, works in the public sector or a woke institution gets bludgeoned with it. This creates intolerance, rather than fosters it. The Left hates "tolerance" and they hate America.
A Constitutional Republic with a fully secure blockchain voter ID system?
^This^. Plus a proper gold standard. Good call, @Danika.