Quote Originally Posted by BanginJimmy View Post
Cultural norms of the time.



I dont remember a vote over whether or not to start a world war. Can you link to it? I remember the US getting involved in WWI after the Germans sunk the Lucentania. I can remember the US getting involved in WWII after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.




This is politicians, not democracy. Democracy is nothing more than a political theory. The republic we live in today is FAR different than a democracy.
I think he thinks that Democrats (as they are today) were responsible for all those things and not necessarily the idea of democracy. That's probably what he means.