Comments on: The War on Direct Democracy http://forthardknox.com/2008/08/16/the-war-on-direct-democracy/ Politically-Conservative Web 2.0 Activists Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:33:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ron http://forthardknox.com/2008/08/16/the-war-on-direct-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-8798 Ron Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:30:55 +0000 http://forthardknox.com/?p=6276#comment-8798 I really have mixed emotions on this. Our founders feared democracy. They believed it amounted to mob rule and abhorred the possibility. So they instituted a republic instead. I think they were right. Most states do not have the ballot initiative. None of the original states do. There have been times when I've wished my state had the ballot initiative but the fact is, the ballot initiative holds much danger. I think it is safer to go the representative democracy route but we need to fix some of the problems now associated with it, like the 17 amendment. I really have mixed emotions on this. Our founders feared democracy. They believed it amounted to mob rule and abhorred the possibility. So they instituted a republic instead. I think they were right.

Most states do not have the ballot initiative. None of the original states do. There have been times when I’ve wished my state had the ballot initiative but the fact is, the ballot initiative holds much danger.

I think it is safer to go the representative democracy route but we need to fix some of the problems now associated with it, like the 17 amendment.

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