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There's no such thing as a democracy in a gerrymandered representative state. One of the reasons we have a Constitution is because the Founding Fathers didn't

There's no such thing as a democracy in a gerrymandered representative state. One of the reasons we have a Constitution is because the Founding Fathers didn't believe that states were capable of fully independent democratic governance. It is there to protect the people FROM democracy at a local level.

skohan 5y ago
That seems like a very nihilistic view. If government is futile, what on earth should we do to maintain a society? I have to say, since I moved to Europe I have become much less convinced of the inherent futility of democracy.