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Fixing Broken Politics - No Right to Vote - Extra Politics

🕑 Added 2020-10-26 16:30:23 +0000 UTC

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Jason Youngberg

Well in economics, the most ruthless side, the side most willing to ignore common decency, tends to win. That's how companies become big. And, sadly, we're seeing that in politics too.

Calvin McClory

I like the idea of making short term sacrifices based on principles, but the implication is that there would be (grater potental for) long term gains. Is the any real historical evidence for this? Or is the reality that the most ruthless side wins? Defend to the death or me ne frega?

Lordsek

yes, amendments can be made but there are loopholes that still cannot be repaired, either way, it is a great constitution and does what it does very well.

Bill Lemmond

Only the Tea Party ingnorami think the US Constitution is an unchangeable document. The amendment process is included, and I think over 25 amendments shows that it can be changed. But as the supreme law of the land, as the foundation, it would invite chaos if it were as changeable as our laws. Bad enough that Prohibition was passed. It gave us nationally organized crime.

Lordsek

yes the problem th US constitution faces is that it was written 300 odd years ago and we cant really talk to them. unless the new president is hiding something.

Veteran of the Mushroom Wars

Not just over the pond. We here in Canada redid our constitution entirely in the late 80s. It wasn't without some contraversy (looking at you Meech lake) but yeah. The US constitution was pretty explicitly designed to make change damned near impossible.

Lordsek

you all should do what we did over the pond and make your constitution more flexible and organic to avoid this stagnation

Brian Rose

Surprised the 15th (and 26th) Amendment(s) to the Constitution weren't mentioned; saying "the Constitution doesn't protect the right to vote" is a pretty incredible statement, given their existence, so I would think you'd want to at least acknowledge them.