THE AMERICAN ERROR IN FORMATION OF THE REPUBLIC by Bill Joslin The British reaso

THE AMERICAN ERROR IN FORMATION OF THE REPUBLIC

by Bill Joslin

The British reason for choosing democracy was formulated very differently than the American moral posturing. It was a last resort before revolution where the polis could oust a tyrant without violence: the right to choose who rules you (not self rule.) Without the right to bear arms and right to form civilian militias, democracy is vacuous and pointless.

Revolution is costly to infrastructure, production and high trust – democracy was to prevent those costs.

( CURT: Bill’s argument, which I agree with, was conflating democratic selection of rulers: a republic, with self-rule: democracy. )

(CURT: IMO, Rule-via-negativa, and Govern-via-positiva are two different things because they presume different knowledge – one theoretical(political) and one empirical(judicial), and that the competition between monarchy-army-judiciary and state-parliament-commerce and Church-academy-family-militia, is simply the best model possible. And this requires rotation of those who govern (the parliament). And that the opportunity modernity presents us with, is direct democracy at the local level, and the replacement of the federal government with the governors, thereby eliminating the house and senate altogether, and devolving all matters other than military, disputes and insurance to the states. There is certain value in a trade union. There is certain value in a military union. The origin of conflicts is when we cannot create norms, commons, and institutions that serve regional/state, local/city-town, and neighborhood/association-disassociation needs. )