Freedom or Democracy?

The thirteen Colonies of Great Britain sought their independence with the following insight:

"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long establish should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown that mankind are disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."

At this point it is necessary to point out the discrepancies in the language used here and our reality. Rampant corruption, a top heavy government, a bottom heavy jail system, and a society in which the elite persevere while the poor flounder. Here it is said all men are created equal but the reality here is that all men are treated differently based upon their wealth or lack of it.

The wealthy run our government, while the needy are tolerated, or as is most cases, ignored. Because of the considerations a capitalistic society has for its wealthy, the government caters to the wealthy in a manner disproportionate to the rest of America. The example set by America is called 'authoritarian'. That is 'enforcing strict obedience to authority'. Otherwise known as 'tyranny'

All 'men' being created equal did not apply to the African slaves who were present at the time of its declaration, nor to the indigenous peoples who's society was destroyed in the process of establishing the American one. Here another glaring clause stands out in contradiction to the actions of those European colonists who thus declared:

"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."