US democracy: A history of intolerance and exclusion

A Brief History of Intolerance in America « The Fifth Column

Press on the above link to get specific instances depicting the United States (US)’ history of not providing for freedom of speech and justice for all.

All governments, if left unchecked, will end up totalitarian.  Just because a government is called a democracy doesn’t mean it is.  These illustrations, and others, show the same abuse of power that has existed in all undemocratic governments.

It is up to the citizens of a country to make sure that they are represented by their government.  If it is not, what then is the difference between a so called “democracy” and a dictatorship?

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