by Terrence Aym

Created on: November 21, 2010

What is the principle difference between the Democrat Party and the Republican Party? The difference can be found in the philosophy each embraces.

Political parties by their very nature are dangerous. They're extra-Constitutional and create a strange dichotomy. On the one hand political parties are the most efficient entities created to consolidate ideas and policy, on the other, if left unchecked they can tear apart the republic.

"I had always expected that when the republicans should have put down all things under their feet, they would schismatize among themselves. I always expected, too, that whatever names the parties might bear, the real division would be into moderate and ardent republicanism. In this division there is no great evil—not even if the minority obtain the ascendency by the accession of federal votes to their candidate; because this gives us one shade only, instead of another, of republicanism. It is to be considered as apostasy only when they purchase the votes of federalists, with a participation in honor and power." ~ Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Cooper, 1807. ME 11:265

Thus one of America's greats expressed his political thought regarding power, government force, republicanism and the intrinsic battle over ideas that would shape a nation and define the very nature of men's souls.

Today, America is under the boot of a soft tyranny. It has been subjugated to the wills and whims of many in government at all levels that seek to impress their personal world view of what is "right" upon more than 300 million diverse individuals.

Thomas Jefferson—and virtually all of the founders of the U.S—would reject this, as would the framers of the compact of the government with the people, the Constitution.

Democrats versus Republicans

For the most part, the Democrats believe that government institutions can successfully address what they choose to define as "society's ills and disparities." On the other hand, the Republicans lean more towards finding the solutions in the liberty of individual choice, be that choice economic, social, cultural or ideological in nature.

The schism of the two political parties in America has widened over the past 80 years. The Democrat Party made its biggest break with the Constitution during the 1930s. The years between 1930 to 1950 saw the solidifying of a world view that individuals were no longer to be trusted to fully decide their own course of action, but rather the State must, of necessity and duty, step in

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