My own service to country in the Navy during Desert Storm aside, being the son of a father who was born on Veternas Day and growing up on army bases under the guidance of a father who went to military school for most of his youth, only begins to explain why I feel so strongly about liberty. When you combine his obvious love of country with the fact that he voluteered for two tours in Vietnam, became a highly decorated Green Beret who won the Silver Star and a Purple Heart for saving the lives of three soldiers during the Tet Offensive in 1968, not to mention the Presidential Commodation he was awarded by Ronald Reagan for the two years he spent with the CIA in Central America, then maybe you will have a pretty good idea of how I was raised, and why I gave up my …show more content…
It requires pragmatic thought to understand such an ideology, but you have to remember that democracy is fragile. Yes, it may be grounded in the principles of freedom, justice and prosperity. However, democracy is subject to question, change, corruption and even failure. This is our dilemma and the state in which we cerrently reside in as American citizens. Historically all democratic societies experience degradation, and in many cases, social, economic and political collapse. For free and open societies, the effects of democratic failure have the most significant and long term impact on its citizens. The political philosophers in ancient Greece were undecided when it came to democracy. The Greek aristocracy wanted to preside over their own affairs. They had much to lose if an oppressive tyrant leveraged power against the freedom of its people. Democratic principles were loosely implemented into the rule of European monarchies. The royal families hoarded all the wealth they could and simply hoped for a king that could control the people while exercising sufficient wisdom to preserve and protect the classes of