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A comment on The United States’ Unamendable Constitution. Parent comment

Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by meowkit on Thursday October 27, 2022 @12:19AM (#33353038)
Consensus Failure is the issue that underlies all your listed examples, and many more important ones.

Gridlock, over an >extended< period of time, indicates there is a problem. Its like an engine seizing.

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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by kepler1 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @01:36AM (#33353569)
And consensus failure means that we should codify into the basic law what you believe is the consensus on that topic? Or change the rules to reflect the lack of consensus? How odd.

A change to the Constitution isn't going to save you from people fundamentally disagreeing on things.

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