Two reminders we all need after the election: We are NOT a democracy, and the Electoral College is good
We heard a lot about democracy during the election season. The left circulated the narrative that Trump would be the end of democracy while the right called him the savior who would rescue it from the undemocratic Biden regime. Mark Levin, however, says we need to be reminded of something: “[Our Founding Fathers] didn't support democracy; they supported republicanism.” “Democracy means factions can take over or a majority can be tyrannical,” he says, adding that our Founders saw this in other countries and “didn’t want anything to do with it.” “They wanted republicanism; they wanted checks in power,” he explains. That’s why they enshrined certain principles in our Constitution. That way, “you can't have people vote away your rights,” says Levin. If “90% of them don't think you should have the right to bear arms, that's too damn bad.” The fact that our forefathers foresaw the inevitable issues with a true democracy and created our brilliant system proves that “they were geniuses.” Their installation of the Electoral College was equally brilliant. Even though we see people like Tim Walz advocating for the demolition of it, Levin knows the truth: It’s for our nation’s protection. “You choose a president not through a direct election” but rather via an “Electoral College. Why?” asks Levin. “One person is the head of an entire branch; we can't just leave it up to a popular vote” because then “the cities will choose the president.” “In order to have a union and in order to make sure every aspect of the society was represented, they came up with this brilliant Electoral College,” he explains. Because of this brilliant system of balance, “California doesn't get to drown out Montana, Wyoming, [or] Idaho.” “If you had a national popular vote, that’s what [California] would do,” says Levin. A system in which “the president [is] chosen by the people through the Electoral College but not chosen by the legislature” was “unheard of” at the time. So was the idea of “staggered terms” and a “bicameral congress.” “So the accumulation of power, the centralization of government is limited,” Levin explains. To hear more of his explanation on the brilliant and effective system of government designed by our forefathers, watch the clip above. Want more from Mark Levin?To enjoy more of "the Great One" — Mark Levin as you've never seen him before — subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.
We heard a lot about democracy during the election season. The left circulated the narrative that Trump would be the end of democracy while the right called him the savior who would rescue it from the undemocratic Biden regime.
Mark Levin, however, says we need to be reminded of something: “[Our Founding Fathers] didn't support democracy; they supported republicanism.”
“Democracy means factions can take over or a majority can be tyrannical,” he says, adding that our Founders saw this in other countries and “didn’t want anything to do with it.”
“They wanted republicanism; they wanted checks in power,” he explains.
That’s why they enshrined certain principles in our Constitution.
That way, “you can't have people vote away your rights,” says Levin. If “90% of them don't think you should have the right to bear arms, that's too damn bad.”
The fact that our forefathers foresaw the inevitable issues with a true democracy and created our brilliant system proves that “they were geniuses.”
Their installation of the Electoral College was equally brilliant.
Even though we see people like Tim Walz advocating for the demolition of it, Levin knows the truth: It’s for our nation’s protection.
“You choose a president not through a direct election” but rather via an “Electoral College. Why?” asks Levin. “One person is the head of an entire branch; we can't just leave it up to a popular vote” because then “the cities will choose the president.”
“In order to have a union and in order to make sure every aspect of the society was represented, they came up with this brilliant Electoral College,” he explains.
Because of this brilliant system of balance, “California doesn't get to drown out Montana, Wyoming, [or] Idaho.”
“If you had a national popular vote, that’s what [California] would do,” says Levin.
A system in which “the president [is] chosen by the people through the Electoral College but not chosen by the legislature” was “unheard of” at the time. So was the idea of “staggered terms” and a “bicameral congress.”
“So the accumulation of power, the centralization of government is limited,” Levin explains.
To hear more of his explanation on the brilliant and effective system of government designed by our forefathers, watch the clip above.
Want more from Mark Levin?
To enjoy more of "the Great One" — Mark Levin as you've never seen him before — subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.
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