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UPS vs. Union proposals now on the table
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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 1114340" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>Go read some history books ... the founding fathers referred to the "common people" as "the mob" and thought of these people as contemptible .</p><p>They believed a direct democracy would work only in small city-states as in ancient Greece.</p><p>They never considered a direct democracy and the thought of a democratic republic was very revolutionary.</p><p>The founding fathers never thought of all the population but rather the ruling class or gentry.</p><p>You had to be a man, white (mostly) and a land owner (or pay a poll tax) to even vote for the representatives. </p><p>Regardless, a representative group bargains for you.</p><p></p><p>Too bad Paul Revere did not have a cell phone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 1114340, member: 7966"] Go read some history books ... the founding fathers referred to the "common people" as "the mob" and thought of these people as contemptible . They believed a direct democracy would work only in small city-states as in ancient Greece. They never considered a direct democracy and the thought of a democratic republic was very revolutionary. The founding fathers never thought of all the population but rather the ruling class or gentry. You had to be a man, white (mostly) and a land owner (or pay a poll tax) to even vote for the representatives. Regardless, a representative group bargains for you. Too bad Paul Revere did not have a cell phone. [/QUOTE]
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