Why I Believe the American Constitutional Republic is the Form of Government I'd Most Rather Live Under

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I'm writing this in response to http://www.mylot.com/post/3137721/who-really-benefits-from-freedom posted by @Shiva49 . Many who responded saw the imperfections of democracy. So do I. The next paragraph was posted as a reply to that discussion, and then I saw my answer should be its own post. Most people think the United States is a democracy. It is, in fact, a constitutional republic. The American Constitution was designed to balance power between three branches of government so that no branch can get out of control. Nevertheless, George Washington, our first president, warned that our form of government would only work as long as the majority of the people were moral. At the time he was President there was a moral consensus among the majority that was based on Judeo-Christian values. Most people believed in the Ten Commandments as the basis for moral law. The balance of power in our Constitution was designed to keep any one branch from having absolute power that could be completely corrupted. Unfortunately, we are no longer a moral people. Too many corrupt people make a career of government -- another thing our founding fathers never intended. We are well on the way to becoming an oligarchy of unelected judges who legislate from the bench. Most of the little people in America could see this. They saw the powerful in government being corrupt and not being held to account. Trump was elected not because we thought he was wonderful but because it was obvious that Clinton was corrupt and getting by with breaking laws that would have put anyone else in jail. Trump was the only one with courage enough to stand up to the Clinton machine. Now the dirty details of the antics of Hillary and the DNC are starting to come out. I'll be the first to admit that Trump is no angel, but neither is he the devil the press and the Democrats make him out to be. It appears now that it's not the Russians that interfered with our election, but the DNC and the FBI. We will have to wait for history to reveal all of the truth. Meanwhile, the real truth that remains is the Bible's teaching that men are born with a tendency to sin. Christians call this original sin. Only God has the power to deal with original sin. He chose to do it by sending his son Jesus to die for the sins of all people everywhere who will admit they are sinners and accept the original Christmas gift Christ offers -- salvation from sin. There is no way to earn God's approval or salvation. It can't be bought by men. It was freely provided when, as the Apostle John wrote, "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth." Jesus was the "Light of the World" that shone in the darkness of the world. John summed up the meaning of what we now call Christmas in this verse most Christians know by heart: John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life. Plato and Gandhi were only men. They often spoke truth, but Jesus was the way, the truth and the life. As I Christian I believe he was God in human flesh, and that God vindicated him when he rose from the dead on what we now call Easter. There will never be a perfect government run by imperfect men. Nevertheless, I'd rather live under the American Constitution than any other form of government because the people have a voice and a way to address grievances and get corrupt people out of power -- but only if they pay attention. They need to start paying attention at the local level and keep tabs on the city councilmen that are hoping to climb to higher offices. The people can see they don't ever get to those higher offices. Whenever we leave politics to the politicians, we will eventually have corruption. Our republic was designed to make the politicians accountable to the people, but this only happens when people hold them accountable by going to the meetings and keeping an eye on them. Many of our cities and counties broadcast TV live coverage or radio audio of those meetings for people who can't get to them. People who don't pay attention might be amazed at what they try to pull off if no one is watching. I'm thankful I was born in the only country in the world that could choose it's form of government at its birth instead of having a government thrust upon it by a conqueror. I hope America remains at least as free as it is now, and even regains come of the liberty it's lost under other administrations. I hope it will once again become the UNITED States of America. If it doesn't, it won't survive, and we will join the list of other countries who forgot God and were conquered by powers that did barbaric things to their people.