http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/09/18/happy-225th/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 30 May 2026 23:14:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/09/18/happy-225th/#comment-27169 ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points [227] -- Smile, Mitt, You're On Candid Camera! Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:49:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6263#comment-27169 [...] Happy 225th! [...] [...] Happy 225th! [...]

]]> http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/09/18/happy-225th/#comment-27045 LewDan Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:21:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6263#comment-27045 I always seem to be reminding people that this nation wasn't founded to promote democracy, it was founded to promote self-determination. Democracy, or rather a version of it, was the method, after much debate and years of compromise, we determined to use to exercise our self-determination.—And that its taken <i>our</i> democracy <i>two centuries</i> of tweaking to arrive at this point—and its <i>still</i> a work in progress.—A fact that seems lost on most when it comes to the emergence of new democracies, to judge by people's expectations. I always seem to be reminding people that this nation wasn't founded to promote democracy, it was founded to promote self-determination. Democracy, or rather a version of it, was the method, after much debate and years of compromise, we determined to use to exercise our self-determination.—And that its taken our democracy two centuries of tweaking to arrive at this point—and its still a work in progress.—A fact that seems lost on most when it comes to the emergence of new democracies, to judge by people's expectations.

]]> http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/09/18/happy-225th/#comment-27037 Hawk Owl Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:29:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=6263#comment-27037 I like the paradoxicality inherent in your overview here. The "dialogue"ongoing today is neither new, nor exceptional, either in its basic premises, nor its intensity - - back then both sides knew Thomas Hobbes' groundbreaking writing on Power and whether it should be feared and sanctioned, or revered and sanctified, much as we've seen since the Arab Spring and its fallout. They would have grasped the complexities on our TV screens readily. Thanks for some clear thinking and some savvy background to get us under the current sloganeering. I like the paradoxicality inherent in your overview here. The "dialogue"ongoing today is neither new, nor exceptional, either in its basic premises, nor its intensity - - back then both sides knew Thomas Hobbes' groundbreaking writing on Power and whether it should be feared and sanctioned, or revered and sanctified,
much as we've seen since the Arab Spring and its fallout. They would have grasped the complexities on our TV screens readily. Thanks for some clear thinking and some savvy background to get us under the current sloganeering.

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