Most Americans are not scientists, and many fewer are scholars of any subject. That is a problem in a competitive world where China has more geniuses than America has a population. They have us outgunned in the brain department.
Theoretically, what's holding our competitors from authoritarian states at bay is our democratic republic that promotes individualism and personal liberty.
However, the system fails when ignorant people embrace personal liberty as an excuse or substitute for higher learning and intellect. That is where we stand today.
The Republican Party of capitalists and the wealthy few know they don't have the numbers to win elections unless they exploit ignorance and bigotry, corralling them into a majority.
The truth is, that America remains in a civil war, a daily struggle where most people want equality and justice under the rule of law. Republicans have become blatant liars, embracing false information, and undermining our democracy.
Checked at zero must be tolerance for insurrection and undemocratic behavior.
The Republican Party should be facing disenfranchisement as an institution until or unless they purge themselves of hateful and undemocratic ideology.
John Adams said, "the science of politics is the science of social happiness." We are not happy.
"Republicanism is a political ideology centered on citizenship in a state-organized as a republic. Historically, it ranges from the rule of a representative minority or oligarchy to popular sovereignty. It has had different definitions and interpretations, varying significantly based on historical context and methodological approach.
Republicanism may also refer to the non-ideological scientific approach to politics and governance."
Republicanism - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicanism
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