Democracy or Dictatorship?

Yours is a minority opinion. So is mine. However, we can take comfort in the fact that we are correct.

I wouldnt say dictatorship I would say communism its set up so the rich kids get to go to haverd then right to Congress. I came up with a plan that may fix that everyone would vote on major issues like going to war or a tax increase this ENTIRE country would choose its future not just a few hundred people!

I have to agree this country is turning into a dictatorship. They are trying to take out rights, and also tell us what to do as you said. There is ONE man who is against all this. And he is Ron Paul. He stands up for the people and the Constitution! He is against big government. And He knows that giving up liberty for security leaves us with nothing. The only thing that could lead to is tyranny. American people need to wake up NOW! And we must elect Ron Paul as our new President.

I agree that yeah, we're slowly turning into a country like all the ones we've ever disliked or critisized ourselves. Burning through the dictionary, like I said in another post..fascism, dictatorship, et cetera, et cetera. And yes. Most people are doing nothing. But...that sortof evens the odds. We, even though we're a minority. Maybe a million people in all. We do more than the average person. Which means our voice will be listened to if we speak loud enough. The average person can be won over, if you hammer the truth in front of them long enough...sooner or later they'll be forced to believe it. But yeah...it takes time. Too many of us thinking people didn't realize things soon enough. I wouldn't have been able to do anything sooner...I'm too young. But, so many others could've. Teenagers today are only the result of their parents. True, plenty of the younger part of us that're a minority are from families who refuse to believe the truth. But many of us are from dissident families too. Most teenagers don't care, because that's what they were taught to do. By the schools, by their parents, by practically everyone around them. They were taught early that things would be smoother if they just agreed with everything they were told, that they'd be safe if they ignored everything that was wrong with the world. That it couldn't happen to them, what happened to others. What choices do we have? Well, that's a real good question. Here's another one. When these changes which have been slowly introduced are done...can you stand to let them take everything away from you? Can you stand to be a slave? Just another piece of a merciless machine? Tell me then, what're your options? Because..I can't. I can't do that, I can't become a part of that...but then, I never was much of a joiner, I can't follow the beat of someone else's drum. No matter how much I might want to. How much easier it might be. You know what I've found? The right thing is hardly ever easy and is often unpleasant. But when all's said and done...we're often glad we did the right thing. The answers are there. If you want to know what the other option to not following this government's beat. It's right in front of you. It's not pleasant. It probably won't be fun. But alot of us, the minority are prepared. If we're a dying breed, then we might as well go out with a bang and be remembered in history for not going along willingly. For keeping the moral high ground when it was easily not to.

Dictatorship?? bah, America is far from a dicatorship, although its far from paradise too, what you describe is a 21th century western community, and it will get worse and worse from your viewpoint, deal with it.

Freedom of speech or freedom in general has never been about "do whatever you like", its just ground rules. What do you mean "telling you what to eat, what to think", are you talking about commercials lol.

Completely ridiculous.... We haven't given up any rights. Privacy isn't a right. And the rights we are guaranteed can only be violated if you're a terrorist. Telling us what to eat, telling us what religion to have? That is patently absurd. Not even a real coherent thought. Tell the citizens of real dictatorships that the US is a dictatorship and they would laugh at you...

Preach it sister!! I couldn't agree more and it's a shame that people are just laying back and letting it happen. Maybe they should pass out jars of vaseline at the next ballots, because the voters are about to get screwed. I think people are just too complacent. We have been lulled into this stupor and are so overloaded with worrying about making a living that we don't see what is going on around us. I hope I never live to see the day, but a dictatorship is on its way for sure,unless something is being done NOW.

Part of the problem is in your first sentence. We are not considered a democratic republic, we are a constitutional republic. But the constituion and the republic part have been ignored and now we have all become democrats. Democracy = mob rule. Even the republicans now are just like democrats on they want to use mob rule for (some) different things than democrats do although there is plenty of overlap. The current crop of "republicans" are actually neocons and they came from the democrat side. We have totally ignored the constitution which was set up with the specific intent of preventing this from happening. I for one am standing up for it and saying no. This is why I am spending all of my free time promoting Ron Paul. Today I spent the whole day at a local festival with 70,000 people in attendance. We had a Ron Paul booth and we passed out literature and got petitions to get his name on the primary ballot. Do what you can too. Get out there and stop this. Ron Paul is the only hope we have.

You failed to mention the assault on free speech devilsangel and the fact that some outlets of free speech are really just propaganda pieces or government kiss butt networks. We've got the senate and both "parties" on the record wanting to quash avenues of free speech for many, especially those with the most vocal opinions and using the power of the government to do so. Did anyone get that!? They are gonna use the government to violate the constitution, take your rights away, broaden government power needlessly and empower specific groups and agendas. Well wouldn't be the first time. We've got Chinagate, The Memorial Day Coup, Koreagate, Unfairness Doctrine, voter fraud, donation fraud, criminal neglect and plenty of other things on the tab. This is ridiculous! And the worse part is there are so many sheeple who see one "political party" as the salvation of the nation while the other side is its demise and vice-versa. Does no one get that its all a one-card monte and both of these dictator parties will warp the country beyond recognition, just give it time. And its through different methods to, some of it through ignorance of the problems of the country and others of it through wasteful spending and action on the part of the government. We've got problems with education, healthcare, transportation and other issues. However, neither party has even a clue or a close to reasonable answer on these issues. All they do is just posture around, promising empty favors and all of it just to get the votes and the power. Once in office, neither party cares about the common citizen, its been this way for decades! I could write a book on this, of course no one would care since enough people think things are just fine and dandy like cotton candy! -_- PS @ Devilsangel. Good discussion! And if anyone needs something to get into a weekend spirit my 5th weekend thread is up.