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What you propose would require a constitutional congress and a rewriting of the constitution. That's why we're not trying out things like this. In the current p
by mnm1 7y ago
What you propose would require a constitutional congress and a rewriting of the constitution. That's why we're not trying out things like this. In the current political atmosphere, calling a constitutional congress would be suicide for our nation. I cannot see anything positive coming out of it or any type of government that isn't authoritarian and dictatorial. The reality is that we don't have a choice and fantasizing about alternative power structures instead of voting does no one any good. Of course, if you feel strongly about this, we're only a couple of states away from calling a constitutional congress and the national suicide and likely civil war that would usher in. But you have the right to work towards that and legally bring about the demise of the US. I will certainly not stick around for that shitshow.
- keiferski 7y agoThis is silly. Suggesting a change to the way democratic representatives are selected is not tantamount to wishing for civil war. I remind you that “democratic system” is not the same thing as “voting system.”
- mnm1 7y agoMaybe so but what the parent comment is suggesting is that we do not have a democratic process. Maybe it's possible to do this as just a constitutional amendment instead of a constitutional convention. I think that's even less likely to succeed.
- keiferski 7y agoI think it would have to start as a smaller movement on the local level, which (assuming it had positive outcomes) would eventually grow into a nationwide idea.