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I'll see if I can find it. The formulation was, I think, like you described; the rural states were defending from a majority rule from more populous coastal sta
by snagglegaggle 7y ago
I'll see if I can find it. The formulation was, I think, like you described; the rural states were defending from a majority rule from more populous coastal states.
The US is not a democracy and you have just outlined why. Small autonomous regions were created to limit external influence and allow people to live their lives in peace. A lot of stuff now happens on the national level that was never meant to happen on the national level.
- vatueil 7y ago> The US is not a democracy The United States is a democracy. Democracy does not mean only direct democracy. Representative democracy, democratic republics, and federalism are forms of government compatible with democracy. https://reason.com/2018/01/17/the-united-states-is-both-a-republic-and/?amp https://reason.com/2018/01/17/the-united-states-is-both-a-re... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/us/usa-democracy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/us/usa-democracy.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic
- robocat 7y agoI just figured that hundreds of years ago, everyone just agreed that democracy was a good thing, so let's define what we do as democracy. After some time the word's meaning matches what we do. The first link implies that somewhat, but I would guess we need a historian to map the meaning over time.