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Never has been.
Yes. It is a constitutional republic. A democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
The article hinted that the company was doing something malicious that on the voting day, "locals who had toiled on the issue for years noticed many newcomers", who eventually voted the idea down. It almost sound like those newcomers were brought in by the company to influence votes in its favor.
But in my experience with condo boards and other small democratic organizations, there are always a small but vocal group who tend to run the show, while the majority just carry on with their lives without paying too much attention to the local politics. That does not mean those people have no opinion on major issues, and their opinions tend to be revealed at those kind of major votes.
It sucks if you worked for years to get your ideas through, only to be voted down by the majority. But is this really a failure of democracy?
I'm not sure the first example where the town failed to buy out a bad water company supports author's argument. The article hinted that the company was doing something malicious that on the voting day, "locals who had toiled on the issue for years noticed many newcomers", who eventually voted the idea down. It almost sound like those newcomers were brought in by the company to influence votes in its favor. But in my…
America was founded on a messy system where not everyone got what they wanted. It was always a compromise.
However, this messy system did bring us out of slavery into the modern era. Now though one of the last abominations of this messy system is causing most of the issues in the republic. I wonder why the author does not touch the subject of "Electoral College".
The "Electoral College" elected both "George Bush" and "Trump" subverting the will of the majority. The first president led us into an illegal war that enriched his corporate buddies. The second one will be judged by history.
In my opinion, until we get rid of the "Electoral College" America will never be a true democracy.
The author makes sense initially but towards the end seems to be attacking American institutions like the Supreme court. That was odd. America was founded on a messy system where not everyone got what they wanted. It was always a compromise. However, this messy system did bring us out of slavery into the modern era. Now though one of the last abominations of this messy system is causing most of the issues in the repu…
The author makes sense initially but towards the end seems to be attacking American institutions like the Supreme court. That was odd. America was founded on a messy system where not everyone got what they wanted. It was always a compromise. However, this messy system did bring us out of slavery into the modern era. Now though one of the last abominations of this messy system is causing most of the issues in the repu…
Judicial review was invented by Federalists specifically to subvert Jefferson really. It's in some sense an antidemocratic institution.