A constitutional democracy is not a kingdom, aristocracy, plutocracy, kleptocracy, autocracy, theocracy, etc. Knowing what it is not is arguably part-way to knowing what it is.
Constitutional democracy is a transcendent Idea deduced over thousands of years of countless questions, not all of them thoughtful, and even more answers, not all of them truthful. Indeed, this Idea denotes or points to or "calls into being" a sort of learning organism that facilitates evolving awareness of achievable goals distinguishing gradations of plausible from implausible, thoughtful from thoughtless, likely from unlikely, just from unjust. Constitutional democracy learns from many sources, including its mistakes, including (perhaps) yours and mine.
The origins and evolution of the transcendent Idea of constitutional democracy as an embodiment of Ordered Liberty and the Rule of Law is a fascinating and instructive story in its own right.Hi @bigtom13 That's right!!
A constitutional democracy is not a kingdom, aristocracy, plutocracy, kleptocracy, autocracy, theocracy, etc. Knowing what it is not is arguably part-way to knowing what it is.
Constitutional democracy is a transcendent Idea deduced over thousands of years of countless questions, not all of them thoughtful, and even more answers, not all of them truthful. Indeed, this Idea denotes or points to or "calls into being" a sort of learning organism that facilitates evolving awareness of achievable goals distinguishing gradations of plausible from implausible, thoughtful from thoughtless, likely from unlikely, just from unjust. Constitutional democracy learns from many sources, including its mistakes, including (perhaps) yours and mine.
The origins and evolution of the transcendent Idea of constitutional democracy as an embodiment of Ordered Liberty and the Rule of Law is a fascinating and instructive story in its own right.Hi @bigtom13 That's right!!
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