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Oh like USA's endless amendment debates and "common sense X" acts?

• illiac786 4y ago
  yep, still better. “less worse” might be a better term here though. The US has two issues as far as I can tell: one, (small) constitution amendment should be a normal, regular process, but because it has not been done, now it has become some sort of sacrilege to some, at the very least a “very big deal” to most. Second, the political landscape is so polarized, one aisle will say “no” before the other aisle has uttered the first word. You can’t legislate anything in such a situation.
  • Bancakes 4y ago
    Well that is within the context of young, impressionable, geopolitically and economically sheltered people expressing emotional views. So it's good that we don't enact these amendments on a whim
    • illiac786 4y ago
      Oh, don’t get me wrong, I completely agree that there should be lots of safeguards. But it should be lived. At the very least, old language should be refreshed. And yes, it will cause a lot of debate, but that’s good, that’s what democracies live from, reasonable debates – rather than “no” and “I hate you lot”.