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Thread: Why We Are A Republic and Not A Democracy or Why Electoral College is Awesome!

  1. 01-20-2018, 05:48 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    And the government under the Articles were not sufficient.
    Sufficent for what, taxing the people, regulating commerce, standing an army, generall centralizing a federal government? Look where that got us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    They were sufficient for the purpose of organizing a successful defense against the mightiest empire in the world at that time.
    God saved the revolution.

    Also, Britain was distracted in Europe.
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