How America Has Destroyed Its Democracy, Part Three: And How Radical Feminism Is Destroying America |
“In the U.S., [just over a century] of full-blown democracy has resulted in steadily increasing moral degeneration, family and social disintegration, and cultural decay in the form of continually rising rates of divorce, illegitimacy, abortion, and crime.” - Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “Democracy: The God That Failed”
America is not a democracy, never has been, and was never intended to be by our Founders. It was, and is, a “republic,” a representative form of government. True democracies, where all citizens take direct action in the decisions of government, are very rare in history and can only be accomplished by small city-states, at best.
But we call America a “democracy,” and permit me that term. The United States has extended, over time, the franchise, and thus, multiplied the number of people who can vote—and who they can vote for. In the beginning, only male property owners could vote (to prevent non-property owners from voting property away from those who had it). “Jacksonian Democracy” extended the vote to, mostly, all white males. The Civil War aftermath gave votes to some black people, but that wasn’t permanent. It was in the 1910s and after that voting rights expanded to gargantuan proportions.
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, effectively doubling the “democracy” in America (although 20 states had already granted women such right). The 17th Amendment (1913) allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators. “Democracy” enhanced. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 opened voting to most blacks, and the 26th Amendment (1971) lowered the voting age to 18. Democrats today, of course, let illegals, dogs, and dead people vote whenever........