{"id":27821,"date":"2026-05-06T15:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=27821"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:06:57","slug":"our-democracy-no-thanks-by-charles-curtman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/our-democracy-no-thanks-by-charles-curtman\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018OUR DEMOCRACY\u201d\u2014NO THANKS! &#8211; by CHARLES CURTMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@charlescurtman\"><strong>CHARLES CURTMAN | Substack<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/home\/post\/p-196538385\">\u2018OUR DEMOCRACY\u201d\u2014NO THANKS! &#8211; by CHARLES CURTMAN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.&#8221;\u2014Aristotle <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@charlescurtman\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@charlescurtman\">CHARLES CURTMAN<\/a> May 06, 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/home\/post\/p-196538385\">\u2018OUR DEMOCRACY\u201d\u2014NO THANKS! &#8211; by CHARLES CURTMAN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Why do Democrats and other communist Leftists keep talking about \u201cOur Democracy\u201d being \u201cunder threat,\u201d and in need of being \u201cprotected and preserved,\u201d etc. In fact, it is \u201cOur Republic\u201d that is \u201cunder threat,\u201d and that needs to be \u201cprotected and preserved,\u201detc. Our Founding Fathers, political leaders and all informed Americans have historically and consistently wanted as little to do with \u201cdemocracy\u201d as possible. They&nbsp;<em>saw<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>see<\/em>&nbsp;democracy for what it has always been\u2014a primary enemy to our Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historians Charles and Mary Beard wrote: \u201cThe founders of the Republic in general, whether Federalist or Republican, feared democracy more than they feared original sin.\u201d John Winthrop (1588-1649), First Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony , said: \u201cDemocracy is the meanest and worst of all forms of government.\u201d John Adams (1735-1826) wrote: \u201cRemember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, destroys and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that didn\u2019t commit suicide.\u201d Over 2100 years before Adams was born, Plato (428-328 BC) had written: \u201cDemocracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply put, A Republican form of government is one where the people hold supreme power, exercising it by electing accountable representatives to make laws and manage the country. A Democracy on the other hand, is a government where the majority rules, however vicious, vile, dangerous and destructive that majority may be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) correctly said that democracy is, \u201cThe Government of [by] the absolute majority instead of the Government of [by] the people; and is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who keep referring to \u201cOur Democracy\u201d are either politically stupid or politically sinister. Democrats and others on the communist Left keep parroting the words \u201cOur Democracy\u201d because they are both politically, historically stupid and\/or sinister to their core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Americans need to understand, and make sure their children understand, that there is no such thing, other than in the wishful-thinking minds of Leftists and the ill-informed, as \u201cOur Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subscribe to C.R. Curtman &#8211; FYI<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched 2 years ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Curtman has been actively engaged in Gospel ministry for nearly fifty years. He has dedicated his life to knowing and sharing of truth of God and providing readers with springboards for their own thought on a variety of subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">By subscribing, you agree Substack&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/tos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terms of Use<\/a>, and acknowledge its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/ccpa#personal-data-collected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Information Collection Notice<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLES CURTMAN | Substack &#8211; \u2018OUR DEMOCRACY\u201d\u2014NO THANKS! &#8211; by CHARLES CURTMAN &#8220;Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.&#8221;\u2014Aristotle CHARLES CURTMAN May 06, 2026 \u2018OUR DEMOCRACY\u201d\u2014NO THANKS! 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