Democracy Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be

Today, at Townhall.com, Paul Jacobs has a column up that is titled “In Defense of Democracy." Though I think it would be more appropriate to title the piece something along the lines of “Defending the Undefendable in Democracy.” An excerpt I particularly enjoyed.

What follows, according to the piece, was uttered by California Assemblywoman, Jackie Goldberg, in response to individuals taking peaceful action against government bloat via initiatives.

"They had a gun to our head. They took hostages, and they promised to start shooting."

Comeuppance, I’d say, considering each and every individual American is subjected to this on a daily basis by their purported representatives in government.

The remainder of Jacob’s piece points out additional failures of democracy, but unfortunately the piece ends by lobbying for it to remain in place.

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