wdlindsy ,
@wdlindsy@toad.social avatar

"The original Constitution was written when democracy meant something radically different than it does today. Over time, Americans have amended the Constitution to make it more democratic, but shortcomings remain."

~ Larry Schwarzol and Justin Florence


/1

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/01/we-need-talk-about-amending-constitution/677065/

wdlindsy OP ,
@wdlindsy@toad.social avatar

"The most significant, in our view, are the hardwired constitutional structures that are inimical to any modern understanding of democracy: the Electoral College, which could put Trump in office without majority support for a second time, and the equal allocation of two seats in the Senate to each state (an arrangement that gives a Wyoming voter 70 times more senatorial clout than a Californian)."


/2

gnutelephony ,
@gnutelephony@floss.social avatar

@wdlindsy curiously, gerrymandering is so severe that despite this the Senate is now (slightly) more democratically representative than the house.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • random
  • test
  • worldmews
  • mews
  • All magazines