Yep, we can agree on this much:
"Democracy in this way is a threat to our republic, because big cities of corrupt criminals can outvote many small towns on statewide issues."
Over 30 years ago, as a political activist, I was literally in the homes of over 200 people (minimum) in soliciting help, with my ... "pitch" ... starting with this simple question:
"When you hear references to anything similar to - 'America is the greatest democracy in the world' - do you believe it?"
Sadly, the answer was a more or less emphatically stated, "Yes!" every single time. Every ... single ... time ... Remarkable how effective the "progressive" Left had been in "wiping" the collective memory of our people about all of the vitally important details of why our Founding Fathers created a Republic ...
P.S. My upvote is meaningless, as I removed +$20,000 from the Hive blockchain following my post here, before it lost +50% of its value ...
It is good that I am not the only American that recognizes the importance of our form of government, and not only the process of informing it of our wishes.
I don't concern myself with weight of someone's stake. Upvotes indicate agreement, appreciation, and things like that I value more than money. You have a prudential duty to manage your financial affairs, which it seems you have tended well regarding Hive tokens.
Yes, it is not very modest, I suppose, but I view my knowledge of our heritage to be far beyond most of my fellow countrymen. Hard won, given the effort I had to invest in developing it, once I became politically active. I very quickly became aware of how poorly my education (by design, I would passionately argue ...) had served me in providing answers to even the most basic questions.
As a result, I can tell you or anyone else that has even a modicum of interest in the topic, there is no mystery behind why our Founding Fathers provided us with our form of governance. And what kind of people would be required for it to succeed over time.
They were prolific writers. With a command of ... "the King's English" ... that far exceeds our own.
Water under the bridge. We (collectively) are so far downstream from the original intent of those who wrote ...
... that we can only imagine what they might say to us, if they could walk among us and see what has become of the country for which they gave so much.
I can well imagine such excoriation, well deserved, and exhortation to better stand for rights of vastly more value than mere money. I do not know what they might make of the incredible opportunities opening to free men of courage and ambition, of 3D printed rockets, pneumatic inflatable habitats, aquaponics, solar panels, and supercapacitors, but would bet such potential would strike them as the call of Providence to build the prophesied paradise that men might be sovereign to the limits of their ambition, for the duration of their lives.
I know that is what I see coming, and I am a far lesser man than were they.