What Would the Founding Fathers Think?

"The founding fathers are rolling over in their graves."

How can you possibly argue against that statement when it is presented in a debate as if the person making the statement obviously knows history on a level much greater than other people in the debate?

Even on a literal level, one cannot open a casket of a founding father, view the still corpse, and prove that while the casket was closed and in the grave the corpse was not rolling over. I guess we can thank Schrodinger for that uncertainty.

The Jimmy Carter Quality

I am not one to whitewash history, nor am I one who generally declares any single thing as certain. That said, I believe it is unquestionable that Jimmy Carter is the greatest ex-president in American history. I do not believe anyone nicer has ever held the office, and no offense to any of the candidates, there is no threat for that to change in 2020. I rate him highly as an ethical president, but not highly as an effective president. Still, I would not exchange his lack of effectiveness for his saintly service in retirement. 

Free Market Flaw: Democracy Cannot Exist

Among the many flaws in free market economic theory is the necessity that it remain pure, which will not happen if people get to vote. Perhaps there can be things that look like elections, but they must be rigged such that the outcome always favors retaining pure capitalism.

Some of the people I have debated on the topic admit that. However, most say that is not true. They offer up preposterous scenarios like making socialism unconstitutional and people will vote for the free market if they understood its benefits. So, somewhere between using democracy to make democracy illegal, and getting most of the people to understand they do not want to vote for their best interests, is, apparently, the answer to how democracy can exist in a free market economy.

Free Market Flaw: Limited Government is Undefined

One of the premises of a totally free market economy is that taxation would be significantly reduced in order to maintain limited government functions. Though it is desirable to fund government only as much as is necessary, there is really no definition offered for what that limited government would do or provide in free market theory.