Tag Archives: Democracy

The Fall of the United Kingdom

Posted on March 26, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

For decades, the Berlin Wall and the Inner-German Border (IGB) stood as often loud (and fatal) declarations that the subject population – the people – of East Germany were forbidden from leaving or escaping their land without government permission. We … Continue reading →

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In requiem: the Democracy of the “United States of America.”

Posted on January 19, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

With the end of the second decade of the 21st Century, democracy has died, and is replaced by a mobocracy which may swiftly transform into a tyranny. However oblivious and unwilling the observer, it is clearer than ever that government … Continue reading →

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Irrepairable – no union, no republic, no “democracy”

Posted on January 17, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

As the aftermath of last week’s “protest” at and in the Capitol continues to reverberate around us, more and more people are asking the equivalent of “are all these aftershocks?” But a few are asking, “Is all of this, including … Continue reading →

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Democracy – this is what we get…

Posted on September 3, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Most readers know the parable of the wolves and the sheep. Democracy is a vote with two wolves and a sheep on what to have for supper. A republic is when the sheep is armed and ready to defend herself.

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Brexit – what next? The fall of democracy.

Posted on February 6, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Just as Stalingrad was the beginning of the beginning of the end of the Third Reich, is Brexit the beginning of the beginning of the end for the European Union? The Third Reich began with Hitler’s election (leading the National … Continue reading →

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Implications of defining “democracy” for 2019 and beyond

Posted on December 12, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In my last commentary on this subject, I did a brief analysis of ways in which the US Constitution is NOT democratic. And why the Democratic wing of the Regressives in the US Congress believe that to … Continue reading →

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Defining “Democracy” and why the FedGov isn’t

Posted on December 11, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Most libertarians and conservatives are aware that the Federal Government – the union of States – was established as a republic and not a democracy.  And of the distain (if that is a strong enough word) of … Continue reading →

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Most Americans supposedly want to “revise” the First Amendment

Posted on October 24, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

The article just came across my newsfeed. The Free Beacon reports that a poll reports that a majority of Americans want to see the First Amendment to the United States Constitution rewritten. ” More than 60 percent of Americans agree on restricting … Continue reading →

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China, democracy and liberty

Posted on September 11, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton What do Chinese Communists fear? The Hill some weeks ago published an opinion piece about how Red China fears democracy. Since this, of course, China and its economy, the US trade war, and the situation in Hong … Continue reading →

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Is Red China dying?

Posted on August 13, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Hong Kong is in the news a lot: protests have disrupted business and usual, and even shut down airline flights in and out of the former Crown Colony.  The protests started several months ago, because Beijing was … Continue reading →

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