Jan 10, 2020, 4:23 PM
by Scott De Warren
European democracy (a rare and delicate bird) was exclusively aristocratic from ancient Hellas down to modern times.
The French counter-enlightenment spread the obvious lie of human equality to justify the proletarian revolution (overthrow of demonstrated excellence in governance) through the universal franchise.
When leftists conflate the one with the other (Proletarian rule with aristocratic rule) they are lying.
Historic European representative government either in ancient Hellas or the republics of Genoa and Venice was always based on a limited franchise (it was always aristocratic) as was the aristocratic republic of the United States ab origine.
The only democracy worth preserving is the
aristocratic kind where political participation is a privilege limited to families of demonstrated ability or excellence over time.