"The real origin of the democratic spirit - and most likely, many democratic institutions - lies precisely in those spaces of improvisation just outside the control of governments and organized chu...
The speaker asserts that the US system is designed to prevent democracy. The evidence given is that democracy is not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. He notes that John Adams wrote that if people could vote that they would abolish debt and redistribute land, so we can’t have that.
No, democracy is voting. Who cares if your voice is heard, your concerns addressed, your best interests considered in all decisions, if you get to choose which person is in charge of making sure none of that happens. You fucking anarchists just hate freedom.
The Senate by its basic design is anti-democratic. Basically guaranteeing that an elite powerful group will always be able to keep control. The rest of the system is flawed and far from perfect. But honestly fairly workable. If it wasn’t for the hobbling that has happened through the centuries. Such as capping the house. Keeping its membership small and static so it’s easy to control again by wealthy powerful individuals.
Just abolishing the Senate and uncapping the house would go a long long way. If the house was set back to how it was set at it’s founding. 1 per 30000 citizens. There would be over 10,000 Congressional representatives as opposed to the current 435. Though all that still is stopgap ultimately as the state realistically is the problem.
The speaker asserts that the US system is designed to prevent democracy. The evidence given is that democracy is not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. He notes that John Adams wrote that if people could vote that they would abolish debt and redistribute land, so we can’t have that.
No, democracy is voting. Who cares if your voice is heard, your concerns addressed, your best interests considered in all decisions, if you get to choose which person is in charge of making sure none of that happens. You fucking anarchists just hate freedom.
I think Mr Adams also underestimated the depth of human stupidity and greed
they chose Trump this time around, could have primaried Bernie years ago, chose Reagan over Carter and ob and on.
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The Senate by its basic design is anti-democratic. Basically guaranteeing that an elite powerful group will always be able to keep control. The rest of the system is flawed and far from perfect. But honestly fairly workable. If it wasn’t for the hobbling that has happened through the centuries. Such as capping the house. Keeping its membership small and static so it’s easy to control again by wealthy powerful individuals.
Just abolishing the Senate and uncapping the house would go a long long way. If the house was set back to how it was set at it’s founding. 1 per 30000 citizens. There would be over 10,000 Congressional representatives as opposed to the current 435. Though all that still is stopgap ultimately as the state realistically is the problem.