Hey, this guy is entitled to his opinion, and just 'cause he's a little out there doesn't mean he's all wrong. Though you have to admit the possibility that there are people who don't like the pledge of allegience for these very reasons. But why anybody would want our nation to be governed by mob rule I haven't a clue.
Besides, I think the popular definition of Democracy has changed over time as the language itself has evolved. It isn't being changed by a specific group of people for their own purposes. English is weird, it has more words than any other language and most words have more than one meaning due to the huge variety of dialects among both native speakers and people who speak English as a second language. It's a miracle that it hasn't split into a hundred different languages by now.
In North America Democracy simply means that everyone has a say. Whether the things they say have any authority, or even any truth, doesn't matter. What is the most coveted right our Constitution provides us? The right to free speech. Democracy isn't only the right to speak freely, but that is one of its more important attributes.
But remember this. The right to free speech was guaranteed after the Constitution was ratified. Concievably our government had the ability to legally suppress free speech prior to the adoption of the Bill of Rights. That alone proves that our government is not democratic and never was. Or system of government is better than democracy, and since our Constitution allows for ammendment, it can get better than it is now.
|