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In reply to the discussion: Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence [View all]eniwetok
(1,629 posts)That our founding principle was that PEOPLE were the sovereigns... and government was our servant. You want to negate that so the the People are the victims of the politics of 1787... and the will of the dead.
Why not just come out and admit that?
So are you ever going to admit democracy is INCOMPATIBLE with state suffrage? State suffrage IS ANTIDEMOCRATIC. Demos = PEOPLE not artificial entities called states.
And I have to issue another EVASION ALERT since you refuse to deal with what I wrote before:
And sorry sport, I have no contradictions. You do. When amendments are held hostage to state suffrage instead of a democratic vote there's no way to predict what percentage of the population are in the states that ratify. IT FALLS IN A RANGE... with states with as little as 40% of the US population to states with 96% depending on how the states vote. This is insanity. The ONLY way to insure states with 4% of population can't block with 96% want... or that 40% of the population can't ratify what 60% want IS A POPULAR VOTE... and at that point it doesn't matter where someone chooses to live. The reason the system is reformproof where state suffrage is concerned IS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO PROTECT SLAVERY AND THIS NOW GIVES SMALL STATES A VETO OVER REFORM.
But it's clear you're going to evade those points.
But thanks for proving that even some liberal Dems can't break free of whatever apologetics they learned in 4th grade US history.
Feel free to post on the topic again when you learn some basic democratic concepts and learn some basic math.
I won't hold my breath.