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No that is the literal design, as we are not a pure democratic system. The whole point is that states are sovereign except in a few specific areas, e.g., foreig
by agensaequivocum 6y ago
No that is the literal design, as we are not a pure democratic system. The whole point is that states are sovereign except in a few specific areas, e.g., foreign relations, interstate commerce. The founders were terrified of a tyranny of the majority. So they designed a system that made it difficult.
We did not get lucky.
- martimarkov 6y agoWhen my vote != everyone else's vote that is not a democracy. Just because everyone gets a say but we listen to these people more doesn't mean you have a democratic system. If anything you can for sure say it's not democratic.
- refurb 6y agoThat's because you're ignoring that it's the united states. Not one massive state. And again, that's intentional.
- agensaequivocum 6y agoYeah because we are a constitutional republic. The founders were not a fan of pure democracy for good reasons.