Re:Why Techdirt Is Now a Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It ...
by cmurf on Thursday March 06, 2025 @04:32AM
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John Adams said a republic is an empire of laws, not men.
These folks not only want an empire of men, and they're those men, they will eventually use violence to try to get it. And that's because what they have done is unforgivable. They will never be trusted again. They have no choice but to attempt a full assault in order to protect themselves now.
Some of them have publicly stated democracy is obsolete, and the republic must be swept away. This is not merely "not a democracy" it is a position statement. And that position is to be an enemy of the Constitution of the United States.
Millions have taken an oath to defend and protect the Constitution. Not a president, not a party, not a country, not an office, not even a government - but a contract which binds civil society.
If the contract is broken, it isn't freedom or anarchy that's released. It's chaos.
These folks not only want an empire of men, and they're those men, they will eventually use violence to try to get it. And that's because what they have done is unforgivable. They will never be trusted again. They have no choice but to attempt a full assault in order to protect themselves now.
Some of them have publicly stated democracy is obsolete, and the republic must be swept away. This is not merely "not a democracy" it is a position statement. And that position is to be an enemy of the Constitution of the United States.
Millions have taken an oath to defend and protect the Constitution. Not a president, not a party, not a country, not an office, not even a government - but a contract which binds civil society.
If the contract is broken, it isn't freedom or anarchy that's released. It's chaos.