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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/republicans-are-suddenly-afraid-democracy/616685/
Republicans Are Suddenly Afraid of Democracy

“We’re not a democracy,” Republican Senator Mike Lee tweeted in the middle of Wednesday night’s vice-presidential debate. He was reacting to something he’d heard onstage there, in his home state of Utah. Another tweet: “The word ‘democracy’ appears nowhere in the Constitution, perhaps because our form of government is not a democracy. It’s a constitutional republic. To me it matters. It should matter to anyone who worries about the excessive accumulation of power in the hands of the few.” Hours after the debate Lee was still worrying the thought: “Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity [sic] are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.”

Why did Lee choose this moment—less than four weeks before an election in which his party seems likely to suffer defeat—to make the familiar, even pedantic, point that we live in a republic rather than a pure democracy? Why did he insist on the point so vehemently that he neglected to mention that power in the American system ultimately lies with the people, which means that our system could also be called a representative democracy? Did he mean rank as in “foul,” “rancid,” or “outright”? If the last, does that mean the tyranny of the majority leading to perverse rule by “the few”? What did this short, misleading course in Civics 101 have to do with anything?

My guess is that Lee wasn’t just being pedantic. Worried about an election in which the people can express their will, Lee was laying the groundwork to contest the results or block an elected majority from governing.

Let's set the stage here:
Since having moved back in with my parents while finding a new place of my own, I've had the chore of mowing the lawn impressed upon me, which I have no issue with whatsoever

We have more recently (within the last 1 1/2-2 years) had a new drain field put in our back yard, which included a sizeable dirt mound that has created a "hill" that needs to be mowed.

Here's where the issue lies:
My father has requested of me to not mow the hill/mound with the riding mower, and instead mow it with the small push mower that we are borrowing from a family member.

I feel that this request is a bit arbitrary, due to the fact that I've used the riding mower on the mound before with no issue multiple times.

My father is in the mindset that using the riding mower on the hill will cause the transmission to slip on the riding mower, to which my thoughts are: why would they make a riding mower that wouldn't be able to go up and down hills?"

So the question remains, is his request a bit arbitrary or am I being an asshole by telling him that using the riding mower on the hill is not gonna cause any problems?

P. S. if for some crazy instance where the transmission were to go up, I would be willing to pay for the replacement. (Even though I highly doubt that it'll happen)