The solution to the contradiction between Jefferson and Madison’s statements may be in a non-violent method.
The people could begin by boycotting elections and picketing the polls. Non participation by the governed, in every possible way, is an insurrection that Madison did not anticipate.
I’m only one citizen, but I stopped voting 25 years ago. When everyone stops the game is over. Who needs Biden or Trump anyway.
As Lysander Spooner said long ago, "Why do we have to follow a document written and ratified by the dead? We weren't alive when this Constitution was written. Why do we have to tug our forelocks and do what it says?" (I'm paraphrasing).
I'd take it a step further. I don't remember signing a contract with God to be born. Libertarians believe in voluntary contracts. Birth, death, and taxes are not voluntary contracts.
"The world is full of ideas. Even better, we’re free to pick and choose from them, within them, any part of them. Who knows what might work? More importantly, there's no rule requiring that you have to like the person who happens to come up with that ‘something’ with which you agree. And there's no rule whoever it is must be infallible. There's not even a rule that says s/he has to be ‘good people’."
Right on! Ad Hominem and Appeal to Authority are each logical fallacies. Evaluate the information; save the personal adulations or eviscerations for some other time (maybe never).
The solution to the contradiction between Jefferson and Madison’s statements may be in a non-violent method.
The people could begin by boycotting elections and picketing the polls. Non participation by the governed, in every possible way, is an insurrection that Madison did not anticipate.
I’m only one citizen, but I stopped voting 25 years ago. When everyone stops the game is over. Who needs Biden or Trump anyway.
As Lysander Spooner said long ago, "Why do we have to follow a document written and ratified by the dead? We weren't alive when this Constitution was written. Why do we have to tug our forelocks and do what it says?" (I'm paraphrasing).
I'd take it a step further. I don't remember signing a contract with God to be born. Libertarians believe in voluntary contracts. Birth, death, and taxes are not voluntary contracts.
What am I doing here?
Wait just a cotton picking’ moment!
I identify as a dork!…😇
"The world is full of ideas. Even better, we’re free to pick and choose from them, within them, any part of them. Who knows what might work? More importantly, there's no rule requiring that you have to like the person who happens to come up with that ‘something’ with which you agree. And there's no rule whoever it is must be infallible. There's not even a rule that says s/he has to be ‘good people’."
Right on! Ad Hominem and Appeal to Authority are each logical fallacies. Evaluate the information; save the personal adulations or eviscerations for some other time (maybe never).
I thought John Kerry was too old to be playing with the ketchup.