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If the collective elected government agrees on policy, is that not democracy working well?

• magicalist 1y ago
  Who cares about the constitution, he said he has a mandate!
  • throwaway48476 1y ago
    Every country has a constitution, usually it's ignored. The value of a piece of paper is only as much as the people that comprise the system that upholds it. If you completely ignore the people and just whine at them about constitution this and that they're going to ignore it and rip it up. Society is also a compact and if the supermajority wants something they're going to get it.
    • ben_w 1y ago
      The Republicans in the USA don't have the support required to count as a supermajority: """Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed in one of two ways: a two-thirds supermajority votes of each body of United States Congress or a convention called by Congress on application of two-thirds (currently 34) of the states. Once proposed, the amendment must be ratified by three-quarters (currently 38) of the states (either through the state legislatures, or ratification conventions, whichever "mode of ratification" Congress selects).""" - the wikipedia page on Supermajority, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajority#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajority#United_States