"Although totalitarian democracy is democratic in form, it requires an all-knowing elite to guide the masses toward their determined end, and that elite relies on whipping up mass enthusiasm to preserve its power and achieve its goals. Totalitarian democracy is almost always secular and materialistic, and its adherents tend to treat politics as a substitute for religion. Their sacred mission is to use the coercive power of the state to remake man and society according to an abstract ideal of perfection."
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William Barr
(1950-) US Attorney General
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2020 National Religious Broadcasters Convention, 2/26/2020
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A great and accurate observation.
 -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Very Clear and to the point !
     -- Ronw13, Oregon     
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     -- jim k, Austin      
    Nails it.
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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    A. DEMOCRACY is; a communally perceived phantasm - “That form of government in which the sovereign power is exercised by the people in a body,” (Bouvier’s Law Dictionary) Democracy can not perceive or identify a single person or individual (inclusive of the rights, liberty or law defined by nature’s law) - a democracy’s domain or realm is solely limited to recognizing an inorganic whole’s ostensively supposed will. By democracy’s definition and practice, there is no individual sovereignty, personal rights, liberty, nature’s law or anything outside a mobs perceived / enforced will. Attributed to Benjamin Franklin is a quote that describes democracy well: “Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for supper. Freedom is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.” And further; “Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you.” (Benjamin Franklin) - “A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.” (Bertrand de Jouvenel) “A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness.” (Walter Bagehot) “A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years” (Lysander Spooner). “If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never have become a nation; for they were in a small minority, as compared with those who claimed the right to rule over them.” (Lysander Spooner)
    B. A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS; describes a procedurally measured system that maintains “A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; a method, mode, or operation, whereby a result or effect is produced.” (West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, ed. 2.) A “democratic process” may be useful in a democracy, a republic or a republican form government (it is NOT exclusive to democracy). A “democratic process” also simply indicates, one (1) man, one (1) vote (no reference to outcome, form of government {democracy, monarchy, republican, de facto, de jure, etc.}) or, choice between liberty or slavery. A “Democratic Process” does not indicate a form of body politic, law, philosophy of law, religion or, an outcome according to the vote.
    C. A REPUBLIC is; separated into ostensibly differing references. By example: I.) A “republic” is; “A commonwealth; that form of government in which the administration of affairs is open to all the citizens.” II.) “In another sense, it signifies the state, independently of its form of government.” (Bouvier’s Law Dictionary) A defined land mass. A democracy perceives a/the “body” - people / chattel or otherwise as an inconsequential annoyance, only alluded to for voting; while, a republic administers the affairs of each sentient being’s individual sovereignty, inalienable rights and liberty at nature’s law and justice. III.) A republic can also be the term that describes the specific boarder (boundaries) of a particular jurisdiction, not denoting any system of body politic application.
    D. A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT (see Article IV Section 4 U.S. Constitution); is an egalitarian based system where individual sentient sovereigns exercise personal inalienable rights and liberty at “the laws of nature and of nature’s God” (Declaration of Independence). A resulting consortium, such as a republican form of government – i.e., body politic (hired, elected, voluntary or otherwise) has no rights BUT, duties only AND, does (do) NOT represent any individual (personally or in concert) but rather, is to administer a limited “legislative”, “executive” and “judicial” charge of personal sovereignty, inalienable rights and liberty at the laws of nature and of nature’s God.
     -- Mike,, Norwalk     
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    There is simply no such reasonable realization of the term of totalitarian democracy.  The advocate of the democratic ideal explores realizes and explains the most reasonable correct path and course for the community and puts it into practice. The always unfashionable, but always functional educated course is the way of the advocate of the democratic ideal. 1+1=2 is the exemplified functional course of the advocate of democracy. 
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Sillik, your enslaving religion's dogma once again is nothing more than circular word salad (a lie). Benjamin Franklin explained well when he said: "Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for supper. Freedom is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." Democracy is a perception of the forest without a recognition of a tree. There is NO individual sovereignty, inalienable rights and/or liberty at nature's law within a democracy!
     -- Mike,, Norwalk     
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    Mike,,Norwalk, whatever you mean with your advocacy of freedom or one's assumption, your decent from democracy, we must decide on the best course for our most premium provisioned living arrangement, so Mike reason becomes the final arbiter.  You or I neither are really the authorities, reason is the final authority. 1+1 does, in the final analysis, equal 2 after all. I claim only to follow reason.  "Your opinions are duly noted, but fortunately, reason is in command," to paraphrase Mr. Spock, mythical first officer, Star Ship Enterprise.  Hopefully though, his founding imagery principle won't always be a myth. 
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Sillik, your religious reasoning is antithetical to science, reality and law. Reason is NOT a final arbiter of anything. Can one reason gravity out of existence? Can reason make fiscal law a nonoccurrence? Can reason prevail over scientific / mathematical absolutes?  If in fact 1+1 does equal 2, in what dimension does reason supersede that most simple of equations?
     -- Mike,, Norwalk     
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    Mike,, Norwalk, you are clearly regressing in your expressions, dwindling down even farther than the flat earthers or other irrational stances. Reason and logic are the basis of science and how we make the final decision in the sane world.  Maybe there are many Mike,, Norwalks or Mike, Norwalks, I suppose we have a number of choices, There is only one Fredrick William Sillik, the gentleman. 
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Mike,, Norwalk, You represent a very severe psychosis. I represent no intended harm, something you evil conventional cowards can't simply understand. We speak a different language where for you words have no apparent meaning and words are basically the only way I speak.  You cant understand good because like everyone else of convention you are a childish coward who can't explain anything you actually preform. You using one or two commas is the sign of a very severe psychiatric condition. You can't explain clearly why you use one or two commas, now can you. There is no conventional member who deserve's being free of positive mental health treatment processes, not one. 
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Additionally noted facts: The conventional population is both racist and sexist, making their decisions on associations, for whatever reason, based on one's skin color or one's gender, not on "the content of their character," a characteristic not very apparent in the conventional population. 
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Sillik 🤪 hahaha / lololol WHAT???  Below flat earthers? 😁 WOW !!! I am honored by your godship's designation. Reason and logic are the basis of science? ? ? It is funny (not haha) how you can't answer directly but rather, have to give more of your religion's erroneous word salad, calling it reason and logic. From your man's unique savior / god syndrome, your illogic / nonsense has NO accuracy in law, science or reality.
     -- Mike,, Norwalk     
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