Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P...
by spoonjim on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:05PM
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The American system was not intended to be as dysfunctional as it is. Its present state is a consequence of primary elections, which were a terrible idea created by people much dumber than the Founders.
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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P...
by loonster on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:44PM
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I would support ratifying article in the first. The only amendment of the original 12 that hasn't been ratified.
One representative for every 50k citizens. Clearly the building isnt big enough to hold all those representatives. Force them to work remote and live near their people.
Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P...
by lupire on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:32PM
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The American system was intended to be torn up and redesigned by 1800 and every 20yrs afterward.
Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P...
by krapp on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:41PM
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No it wasn't. Thomas Jefferson said he hoped the United States wouldn't be without a revolution like Shay's Rebellion every 20 years, but in the context of the letter in which he made that quote, he certainly didn't consider such an event to be legitimate. He was speaking to the spirit of revolution in the American people, not the intended design of the government.
If the American system were actually intended to operate as you describe, that intent would have been put into the Constitution.