On the Republic

Neanderpundit writes this and refers us to this essay by Den Beste.

As I have said before, we live in the second worst system of government ever conceived by man. With all others tied for first.
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The genius behind the representative republic is the fact that it IS an aircraft carrier, and even the biggest fucktard cannot steer it too horribly wrong in four years. The left gets their hands on it, and spin the wheel as hard to the left as possible, causing general mayhem, and generating a lot of bullshit. When the right gets their hands on it, they tend to try to gently nudge it back to the right again.

The problem is the republic is being slowly dismantled and our protections worn away by those four years of "hard to the left." The four years that follow of gentle nudging to the right never quite takes us back right of center. The left still wins. It is the second worst form of government. I'm just not convinced our government hasn't slipped into the first category.