The citizens really didn't vote that in.

Which isn't a problem if you don't believe that the legitimacy of a government depends on the will of the governed.

The citizens actually revolted and created a underground trade for booze.

The government even attempted to posion booze to deter people.

How basic is this principle of reverence for the Founding Fathers?

Yeah, prohibition era was pretty lit

Depends on the person.

People died from making wine from concrete

Fun times

Concrete, what the fuck

Honestly I think every American should read "Common Sense" to understand why the country was formed the way it was.

There was a form of concrete or plaster that had used fermented grape juice (shitty wine) as one of the ingredients

It used to be mandatory in schools.

I was thinking more on the "2 Treaties of Government"

@Schedrevka go see the newsroom for what is taught nowadays.

Like really that's one of if not THE most important document for understanding the US. It's what brought the idea of revolution from a fringe crazy idea to a reality.

Would gun tutorial classes at schools reduce school shootings

It also used to be required reading to read *The Federalist Papers* and students would have to memorize the US Constitution.

And Declaration of independence.

People don't realize how badly lobotimized education has been via the left.

pratel, I heard of "Common Sense" from my parents. The book was only mentioned twice in two classes, 7th grade and 12th grade

So, Dusty, how was the amendment to ban booze illegal, or not followed by republican principles?

@AHeroQuest Exactly. This stuff used to be required reading.

Because United States contains some form of democracy in small instance, doesn't mean it is a Democracy. Because United States contained some form of monarch, doesn't make it a monarch, and because United States contains some form of whatever the house is doesn't make it that either. That is why we have three chambers of governance. House, Senate, and White House.

WE are a Republic.

The entire idea of American governance is literally founded on democracy.

Not either of these thigns.

The US is a constitutional republic

legislative, executive, judicial

Exactly Abel.

The Founding fathers were actually afraid of too much democracy.

I thought this was common knowledge

Apparently not

They worried it could lead to mob rule.

Mob rule yes.

Thank you pratel.

It IS mob rule

Trying to force the effects of people's votes down certain tubes to change how it affects things doesn't change the fact that all portions of American government ultimately funnel back to the will of the people.

The American Revolution was a mob uprising.

Sure. But would you want to put freedom of speech up for public vote?

All these years of the politicians saying United States is a democracy is a fucking lie.