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Manchin demonstrating once again that we do live in a democracy, at least a representative one.
... And its clear who Manchin represents
I still think something with the name will pass though.
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Everyone hides behind Majority rules right up until the Majority wants something they don't agree with. Be careful what you wish for hombre. You just might get it.
I’m not a dictator and don’t want to live in a system where my minority view can consistently thwart the will of the majority. A reasonably mature person understands that their opinion, if in the minority, shouldn’t prevail upon the majority. Obviously I’m talking about legislation that doesn’t infringe the Constitutional rights of people.
The reasonably mature, less than well-read, or well-tread person, maybe. Given either of those two traits you've probably seen at least a handful of examples where a critical mass of "well-meaning change agents" gets to the point of near wrecking balling a tenuous equilibrium without even realizing the consequences of doing so in the way they want, and which suddenly starts to fracture or fizzle when exposed to the reality of forklifting to be done to achieve their goal without blowing up the house to put out the fire.
Real, lasting, change is hard, and the tolerance of the masses for it much less than anyone thinks. You don't wake up one morning and snap your fingers and every body is dancing to the new tune without generous runway. Oftentimes, that minority isn't against the change, but disagrees on the means employed to facilitate it. When they do straight up disagree, I'd personally prefer they have a plethora of wrenches to throw in the works. Sometimes, the fact the more than half the people in the room think something is reasonable is not really enough justification in my mind that something is worth doing.
Now those same people, standing up for the same thing, after being put through the procedural ringer and filing off the edges? Now we're talking the real progression of the glacier of the Will of the People.
And in fact, that was exactly the dynamic the Founders had in mind.
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Mine would be qualified service to society. 2 years of public service, with no option to bypass. Service being tailored for your particular skills and abilities.
This is already much more sensible than paying above a threshold in taxes, or owning a certain surface area of land, or coming from the right families. We'd have to define "public service" in such a way that absolutely everyone could perform it, including for example disabled people. Otherwise, it's just a requirement to have been fit (and male, in most cases) at some point in your life.
The dictionary definition I pulled up quickly is:
1. Employment within a governmental system
2. A service performed for the benefit of the public
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curious to know where you were going with this comment
the people in Manchins district are reliant on coal and other non democratic agenda aligned perspectives, him acting the way he does isn't as simple as him catering to the rich....
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the people in Manchins district are reliant on coal and other non democratic agenda aligned perspectives, him acting the way he does isn't as simple as him catering to the rich....
why are the people in Manchins district are reliant on coal
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... And its clear who Manchin represents
his voter base. indeed, very obvious
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It would be interesting to see what would happen if the blue areas stopped sending the red areas simulated pieces of green paper and the red areas stopped sending the blue areas food, water, and energy. I say "areas" because there aren't really any "blue states". Just islands of blue in a sea of red. Interesting in theory, that is. I would recommend against running this experiment in real life. Strongly.
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It would be interesting to see what would happen if the blue areas stopped sending the red areas simulated pieces of green paper and the red areas stopped sending the blue areas food, water, and energy. I say "areas" because there aren't really any "blue states". Just islands of blue in a sea of red. Interesting in theory, that is. I would recommend against running this experiment in real life. Strongly.
Yes, that's population density. People vote, land doesn't. Ideally.