You will well imagine the opprobium that arises when I ask politicians running for office what experience they have with money, and how the promises being made can be achieved.
Honestly, I think Adams got it more right than not - people either expect little of government and are satisfied that it does the job that only it can do, or they expect government to do too much, most of which it can't actually do well, if at all.
Excellent as usual. I've always thought that Adams' admonition referred to a moral and religious people as the electorate and the elected; knowing full well that human beings can be extraordinarily crafty and resourceful in subverting the Constitution. So it's not a prediction of morality and religion, but more a warning against those who lack either or both.
God created us with free will - as His image bearers we were given ALL of His attributes. This life, with its two clearly-stated endpoints, is another system strong enough to operate absent a majority of moral and righteous people.
You will well imagine the opprobium that arises when I ask politicians running for office what experience they have with money, and how the promises being made can be achieved.
The purest argument against marxism in any of its forms is simply the indisputable corruptability of human nature. "None is righteous; no not one."
Honestly, I think Adams got it more right than not - people either expect little of government and are satisfied that it does the job that only it can do, or they expect government to do too much, most of which it can't actually do well, if at all.
Franklin had it dead on - that the government would become tyrannical when the people themselves became so corrupt that only tyranny could govern them. ( https://rathercurmudgeonly.substack.com/p/a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it )
Personally, I think we've over-expanded the franchise, in the name of equality (when not all have an equal stake in how we are governed).
Excellent as usual. I've always thought that Adams' admonition referred to a moral and religious people as the electorate and the elected; knowing full well that human beings can be extraordinarily crafty and resourceful in subverting the Constitution. So it's not a prediction of morality and religion, but more a warning against those who lack either or both.
God created us with free will - as His image bearers we were given ALL of His attributes. This life, with its two clearly-stated endpoints, is another system strong enough to operate absent a majority of moral and righteous people.
Very true, but it's going to be a long bumpy road until we get to the Millennium.