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As most of the constitution seems pretty outdated nowadays, why does no one ever bring up the idea of writing a new one?
by ryguytilidie 14y ago
As most of the constitution seems pretty outdated nowadays, why does no one ever bring up the idea of writing a new one?
- yardie 14y agoBecause most of it seems to not be outdated. And going by recent events I think everyone is quite happy to keep it the way it is. When the politicians get an idea in their heads it usually screws over the average citizen. And the bigger the task you give them the worse they seem at actually accomplishing.
- dragonwriter 14y ago> As most of the constitution seems pretty outdated nowadays I would suggest that that sentiment is far from universal. It may seem outdated to you, but not to everyone else. > why does no one ever bring up the idea of writing a new one? The same reason people are generally better off making incremental changes to basically-functional mission-critical computing systems than tossing them out and starting from scratch.
- ryguytilidie 14y agoI guess the analogy you chose makes it sound like a bad idea, but I'd use a different one. If you have a 300 year old house with rotting boards and a foundation that is cracked, would you replace individual boards or tear down the whole thing and start anew?