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| − | • "America will be the epitome of democracy, the greatest type of government the globe has ever known. The globe envies our form of government by the people."
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| − | • "America is the freest nation on Earth."
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| − | • "In America we have something referred to as freedom which those in other countries don't have and wish they did."
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| − | • "It's a cost-free country."
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| − | • "Everyone in the rest of the world dreams of coming to America."
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| − | These cherished fanatical beliefs of America and its propagandists have no genuine basis really or reality, yet they are chanted by a lot of Americans, their media and education method as a religion and set of Gospel truths which are universally agreed upon and unquestionable. Thus they're the antithesis to a absolutely free-thinking and fact-seeking mind.
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| − | one) "America could be the epitome of freedom and democracy for the world to emulate. It is the very best kind of government by the people that the world envies."
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| − | We will obtain into freedom later, however for now, let's address the democracy issue. Technically, a democracy is defined as a "rule by the majority". Hollywood, the media and our education technique all chant that America could be the epitome of democracy as while it were a Gospel Truth that is universally agreed upon (then again it just isn't by far). It is so ingrained in our culture that numerous never dare to question it.
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| − | The founding fathers in no way intended America to be a democracy and actually did not even believe in 1. Most Americans would be shocked to learn this. Anyone who casually researches the American type of government and its founding at the late 18th Century will see that technically, America was not set up as a democracy nonetheless as a Constitutional Republic.
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| − | In truth, there is no mention of the word "democracy" at the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. Even the Pledge of Allegiance cited by school kids mentions that America is a Republic:
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| − | "I pledge allegiance towards the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
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| − | The founding fathers had been intellectual elites who knew their history. They knew that a democracy was unsustainable, for it was in essence a rule by a lawless mob. The fundamental flaw in a democracy is that the majority is unrestrained.
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