Reply #21: America is apparently not ready for a majoritarian rep. democracy

[Selatius]

Obviously, there's many people here who fear making these changes. Otherwise, you wouldn't be hitting the resistance you currently are seeing. Until Americans stop clinging to the age-old strawman argument that making the system more democratic is going to automatically equate to mob rule everytime its mentioned, they will not seriously think over the issue.

I don't see how issues such as flag burning or gay marriage can't be protected in a majoritarian democratic model. The Bill of Rights is there precisely to protect people from not just the government but also from mob rule. The rest of the system can be revised to make it more democratic but not to the point where we sacrifice minority rights. We must strike a balance.

For instance, to modify the 1st Amendment to ban flag burning could require a 60% majority to pass or even a 2/3rds majority. We're not talking about amending constitutions all the time with a simple 50% + 1 vote rule here. That's an obvious strawman.

I'm all for your ideas, but it's probably going to take a fucking lifetime to convince America to go along with it and then see the American people force government to change.