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This republican form of government was explicitly created to insulate law and justice from the direct will of the public.
by macintux 2y ago
This republican form of government was explicitly created to insulate law and justice from the direct will of the public.
- quotemstr 2y agoSo whose preferences should policy reflect? NGO presidents? Tech company employees in gatekeeper positions? Editorial column writers? Why these people and not the public? What gives them the right to rule?
- wredcoll 2y agoAre you asking why america has a republican form of government designed to minimize the power of the majority of the population? Well, partly because travel and communications were extremely slow when the constitution was written, but mostly because the rich land owners (and white males) were the ones writing it.
- macintux 2y agoIdeally not thin-skinned demagogic grifter kleptocrats with no respect for the Constitution or rule of law. Seems like a low bar to hurdle, yet here we are.