Tell me you DID give it a self-destruct
Sailor1: Sir, we captured an American underwater drone!
Officer: Throw it back! QUICK! It's a self service torpedo...
...you shouldn't have built it in the first place.
I know, preaching to the choir. If only I could send Amber Alerts to the idiots who are apparently in control.
Pure democracies destroy themselves in short order because people are, for the most part, foolish. The USA walks a perilous path as it is, one it will probably not ultimately survive, but switching to a pure democracy will only hasten our downfall. The federal government is an attempt to find a balanced middle ground between tyranny and democracy, neither of which is desirable. Anyone who does not understand this (1) needs an education, and (2) is exhibit #1 for why democracy is a really bad idea.
The federal government is first and foremost a government of states, not people.
"If I do not want others to quote me, I do not speak." -- Phil Wayne