It has been my experience that most people dislike history. I have always loved it and the events of life that appear to be a mystery to most are as obvious to me as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.
No democracy has ever survived for more than a few hundred years. Isn’t that the challenge we face?
When I was 20 years old, my father and I got into a discussion about the Presidential election of Nixon vs. Humphrey vs. Wallace. He told me that the people are not smart enough to elect a President. He said that when it was done in smoke-filled rooms, it was a better system. My attitude at the time was 2,000 percent All-American defender of Grandma, apple pie and the American flag and my father's words made my red blood boil.
I told my Dad he was crazy and ridiculous, but thirty nine years later I see that he had a point. It’s not the democratic system that is flawed, but the people charged with running the system. They are unprepared to accept the burden and responsibility self-governance demands.
Every post I contribute to this blog will stem from and relate back to this position.
Samuel J. Lucci III
