What is eerily unspoken or ignored is the structural prejudice of the American
Constitution against the quintessential democratic principle of majority
rule.
I am not picking on the United States government here. After all, class rule is thousands of years old. In ancient Rome the aristocrats feared the plebians -and both loathed the voiceless slave class.
Now and then a Caesar can arise as a champion of the " common people " - meaning mostly more" bread and circuses " ( better than nothing ) .
A pure democracy would tolerate neither the Supreme Court nor the Electoral College. Possibly the Senate and the Congress could be replaced by a General Assembly with its natural divisions.
The president could be quickly replaced for failure to please the majority.
Only entrenched , pretentiously " educated " elites fear the masses.
I am not picking on the United States government here. After all, class rule is thousands of years old. In ancient Rome the aristocrats feared the plebians -and both loathed the voiceless slave class.
Now and then a Caesar can arise as a champion of the " common people " - meaning mostly more" bread and circuses " ( better than nothing ) .
A pure democracy would tolerate neither the Supreme Court nor the Electoral College. Possibly the Senate and the Congress could be replaced by a General Assembly with its natural divisions.
The president could be quickly replaced for failure to please the majority.
Only entrenched , pretentiously " educated " elites fear the masses.
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| From the beginning how inclusive was WE ? |
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