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The author hopes that grass-root movements make up for the democratic deficit caused by the two party system. I argue: 1. there are no grass root movements, es
by DarkNova6 3y ago
The author hopes that grass-root movements make up for the democratic deficit caused by the two party system.
I argue:
1. there are no grass root movements, especially in a world of mass (social) media centralization.
2. by the time a movement ends, it is unrecognizable from how it started out.
3. any movement strong enough will inevitably be captured by a party narrative.
So I’m afraid this is unrealistically optimistic.
The only way I see for the US to escape this is a true constitutional crisis as a catalyst for regeneration. But the short term consequences would be too negative for big players to allow this.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoThe threat of a constitutional convention might be enough for the big players to allow some needed changes to avoid the larger negative consequences they would get from an actual convention. There is precedent for this. I think the 1950s were so good in the US, not just because the US was intact and everyone else was devastated by WWII, but also because the powerful in the US were worried about the people deciding that communism would be better. So the powerful made sure to let the regular people get more of the benefits from the economic prosperity.