The mega-billionaire's promise to spend somewhere between $100 and $120 million on congressional races this year shouldn’t be viewed as a problem. It should be recognized as an opportunity.
Exactly. More to the point, it was designed to be rewritten and modified. The founders knew it would need to be changed. The problem is, the USA has become so big, and we’ve made it so hard to do so.
Well, basically the entire thing. The changes needed to truly democratize and modernize the document would require a complete rewrite.
There’s many things that need changing, but some of the basics would be to abolish the senate to eliminate disproportionate representation that led to the coup we just experienced, for one. The establishment of a true parliamentary system where representatives can be recalled at any time, second. Then, minimizing and subjugating the power of the executive and courts to parliament.
I would prefer the parliament nominate a prime minister who serves at the will of the people and can be dismissed at any time, and not have complete control over the military and bureaucracy.
Prevention and punishment for political corruption needs to be baked into the constitution to ensure politicians truly serve as servants to the public will and are forbidden from pursuing their own financial interests in office.
I could go on and on about more specific things like the right to arms, but I’d I have to write an essay.
The framers themselves intended for the document to be rewritten over time. Jefferson said the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of tyrants, or something that effect.
You can’t “line item” each thing. The entire document requires a convoluted and complicated process that prevents things from being rewritten easily.
That’s why the entire thing needs to be scrapped. Other countries have already done this multiple times and they’re fine.
The USA constitution is not sacred nor worth preserving. It’s archaic and needs to go. Traditionalism holds back human progress and nationalism led to fascism in this country.
Gonna just have to flat out disagree with you then. A large majority of it is still extremely relevant to our modern society. Sure it’s not perfect, but nothing is.
Tell me the constitutional weaknesses and loopholes weren’t exploited to allow the oligarchs to hand power to a fascist traitor who doesn’t respect the law.
What good is a constitution if it can’t even prevent the situation we’re in now?
You might as well as look for a new country because anything you have proposed is never going to happen. A line item is the only way anything is going to change. There is no way in this current environment a new constitution will be agreed upon.
We could prevent could prevent a repeat of this situation by allowing the people to call for congressional and presidential snap elections and also having them to be able to recall their individual representatives. A way to deal with the supreme court would be to make the justices have to go through retention votes.
Scalpel like changes that preserve the essence of the constitution are more likely to get ratified.
How can the usa be a democracy when their politicians are so easily purchased?
We have a saying: “vote with your dollars”
It’s a lot easier to buy a politician than a voter.
It never was. It’s a constitutional republic created to benefit slave-owning, white, male property owners.
The constitution should’ve been burned and rewritten multiple times already. An archaic, 250-year-old document isn’t relevant in modern times.
Exactly. More to the point, it was designed to be rewritten and modified. The founders knew it would need to be changed. The problem is, the USA has become so big, and we’ve made it so hard to do so.
What parts specifically do you have issue with?
Well, basically the entire thing. The changes needed to truly democratize and modernize the document would require a complete rewrite.
There’s many things that need changing, but some of the basics would be to abolish the senate to eliminate disproportionate representation that led to the coup we just experienced, for one. The establishment of a true parliamentary system where representatives can be recalled at any time, second. Then, minimizing and subjugating the power of the executive and courts to parliament.
I would prefer the parliament nominate a prime minister who serves at the will of the people and can be dismissed at any time, and not have complete control over the military and bureaucracy.
Prevention and punishment for political corruption needs to be baked into the constitution to ensure politicians truly serve as servants to the public will and are forbidden from pursuing their own financial interests in office.
I could go on and on about more specific things like the right to arms, but I’d I have to write an essay.
The framers themselves intended for the document to be rewritten over time. Jefferson said the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of tyrants, or something that effect.
Ok let’s start at the first amendment. What needs changing?
You can’t “line item” each thing. The entire document requires a convoluted and complicated process that prevents things from being rewritten easily.
That’s why the entire thing needs to be scrapped. Other countries have already done this multiple times and they’re fine.
The USA constitution is not sacred nor worth preserving. It’s archaic and needs to go. Traditionalism holds back human progress and nationalism led to fascism in this country.
Gonna just have to flat out disagree with you then. A large majority of it is still extremely relevant to our modern society. Sure it’s not perfect, but nothing is.
Tell me the constitutional weaknesses and loopholes weren’t exploited to allow the oligarchs to hand power to a fascist traitor who doesn’t respect the law.
What good is a constitution if it can’t even prevent the situation we’re in now?
It’s more a failure of the courts then it is of the constitution. If it was upheld this corruption would not be permitted.
You might as well as look for a new country because anything you have proposed is never going to happen. A line item is the only way anything is going to change. There is no way in this current environment a new constitution will be agreed upon.
We could prevent could prevent a repeat of this situation by allowing the people to call for congressional and presidential snap elections and also having them to be able to recall their individual representatives. A way to deal with the supreme court would be to make the justices have to go through retention votes.
Scalpel like changes that preserve the essence of the constitution are more likely to get ratified.
It’s not, and that is sad