Comments on: The Founding Fathers Rejected Democracy

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:53:01 +0000

This article loses all of its credibility when one realizes the author has used two fake quotations. Not intentionally, most likely, but even so that reveals his lack of scholarship. The Benjamin Franklin quote, upon research, is not genuine and was never said by Franklin (you can verify this for yourself by a simple Google search). The Scottish historian Alexander Tytler never even published a book by that name, and the quote is another fake (http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north484.html). Unfortunately this is all too common in Tenth Amendment Center articles. I've come across numerous scholarly errors in other articles. It's not just a matter of some sloppy research, it's giving people a false view of history that will lead them to believe our Founding Fathers and others said things they patently did not. Do your research, folks.

By: @Sargonarhes

@Sargonarhes — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:29:25 +0000

The problem with your argument is the US Republic and Capitalism has not been allowed to function as it should since 1913, when Presidents like Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and FDR started interfering with how a capitalist system works. The US has been sabotaged from within by politicians and corporatist that worked in their own self interest at the expense of every one else, heavy regulations that only the large corporation can afford killing off the small business operator.

By: theunknownamerican

theunknownamerican — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:03:05 +0000

I think that outlook kind of assumes that government is to run by experts in which the people who will be governed by them have no say. That does not sound 'democratic'. I prefer to think of our republic as being a limited democracy where we only permit the people to vote on certain things. This limitation might seem restricting of our right to participate in government but it protects our freedom since it prohibits other people from voting on what religion we can practice or what we can say in public.

Also democracy is frought with corruption and bearacracy that makes it unworkable in the way it is suppose to work in theory which is a government that responds to the people's wishes. It ends up working for the interest of the bearacracy itself just like any large corporation would.

By: theunknownamerican

theunknownamerican — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:56:27 +0000

http://www.iwise.com/HmKnb Here is a link. Don't ask me to fax you the original parchment either.

By: Mit Ailbu

Mit Ailbu — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:02:02 +0000

Why would you quote the Pledge of Allegience? It is socialist/collectivist propogandah. James 5:12

By: Mit Ailbu

Mit Ailbu — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:52:26 +0000

Why would you quote the Pledge of Allegience? It is socialist/collectivist propogandah.

By: Mit Ailbu

Mit Ailbu — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:49:49 +0000

Absolutely true.

By: Mit Ailbu

Mit Ailbu — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:48:09 +0000

Ummmmm… Ben Franklin never said the sheep and wolf thing. Please site the origin.

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:29:07 +0000

Go for it – if there IS something wrong, we should be informed of the problems!! At least start out with the most glaring…

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:15:39 +0000

There are so many things wrong with this article I don't even know where to begin!