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In reply to the discussion: Is a democracy legitimate if votes don't weigh the same? [View all]eniwetok
(1,629 posts)66. the bar is insanely high
When less that 4% of the US population can block any amendment... then the bar is insanely high. And one MIGHT think that liberal Dems... the ones who wear democracy on their sleeves, might object to the antidemocratic nature of the federal system... but my experience over the past 15 years of debating this is they make the same excuses for it as right wingers do. They are stuck in the talking points we learned in 4th grade history that justifies the system... that is to see what matters is what's fair to states, not to the actual people that live in them.
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I'm with you. The Senate is an abomination. Does America look like Chicago, represented by 2
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Apr 2016
#44
There is no solution to that, because there is no other way a government could work.
potone
Mar 2016
#10
If the constitution were 'reformproof' we wouldn't be up to #28 for the next one.
X_Digger
Apr 2016
#55
I remember Al Gore having more votes than Bush. Should the Electoral College be done away
B Calm
Apr 2016
#18
One group of 1,000 voters gets counted as 1,000 votes, another group of 1,000 counts as 900 ....
L. Coyote
Apr 2016
#27
The US is a rigged manipulated democracy and the highest bidder wins. And some of it is obsolete,
RKP5637
Apr 2016
#51
You mean like how the vote of someone in wymoing is way more proportionally powerful in the Senate
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#57
If I wasn't capable of "questioning" it, I wouldn't have mentioned it.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#65
it is important to remember, absolutely. And I'm all for pointing it out.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#67
There is a logistical process to changing the constitution, though, that goes beyond simply changing
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#69