>let's invent a system of government where the entire underlying philosophy can change dramatically every few years just because one side got one more vote than the other side. There will be absolutely no continuity of governing philosophy whatsoever.
>sounds good but we'll make a document with rules that restrict the government so no matter who gets elected they can't fuck the place up that badly
>ha ok senpai I'm sure your piece of paper will have more sway than 300 million people who just want free stuff
Julian Rivera
> system of government where the entire underlying philosophy can change dramatically every few years
>constitution >changing ever without overwhelming approval hmm?
Thomas Anderson
Point being these corrupt fucks simply ignore the constitution.
Oliver Lee
>political cartoon: the post
Carter Jenkins
The 'underlying philosophy' you speak of literally is the constitution, and has functioned successfully in that role for the entirety of American History up until probably two or three decades ago, and even then functioned pretty successfully
God you're fucking retarded.
Bentley Thompson
Why didn't you post something good instead?
Leo Adams
Democracy is the single most evil thing ever invented. Without it we would have colonized half the galaxy by now.
Eli Walker
What are you complaining about? Seems like you're saying the government wildly changes every four years but has a constitution that doesn't let anything change too much. That's contradictory there buddy.
Jaxon Morris
So having one party who would centralize all power, institute massive wealth redistribution, import millions of third world immigrants, and basically turn our country into Venezuela, vs a party who would do the exact opposite is totally fine. And the fact that one vote separates the nation between the two is a good idea
How much did Barack obama follow the constitution?
How much power has the federal government seized that it has not been expressly granted in the constitution, and should therefor be delegated to the individual states?
Cameron Young
It's the general problem with representative democracies. It is very hard to push long term projects because the other side can just fuck up some crucial part of it once they get into power. It's also very hard to implement necessary but unpleasant changes, because it means you'll lose the next election.
It's probably one of the reasons why our democracies went downhill so insanely fast.
Henry Harris
Rome lasted the better part of a millennia after the republic gave way to the emperors. Some were good and some were insanely incompetent and evil. But their nation was founded on a strong culture with honorable principles. So even the worst tyrant couldn't fuck things up so badly the next guy wasn't able to fix it
Brayden Nelson
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Andrew Anderson
>rocking the JUST haircut before it became a thing
Grayson James
It took me a moment to realise that she hadn't been JUSTed.
Brayden Evans
>every few years lets spend several years deliberating on new rules for everything makes sense
Jaxon Roberts
>tfw no goth Armenian high school gf
Colton Powell
>a system that can change is bad
Jayden Reed
>girugamesh Thats the only thing that comes to mind.
Anthony Murphy
Fucking retard George Washington didn't want us to split into political factions like we are today.
Tyler Hall
>let's invent a system of government where the entire underlying philosophy can change dramatically every few years just because one side got one more vote than the other side. Except voting republican or democrat isn't exactly part of that system. George Washington warned us of this and they didn't listen.
If you register as either republicuck or democrap then you are what's wrong with the United States right now.
Jonathan Martinez
JUST PROBLEMATIZE MY TROPES UP
Hunter Foster
>not understanding what balance is
Pleb
Camden Wood
>he thinks that the two parties are different >he thinks that it's okay for ten cities to run every part of a land half the size of Europe without problems >he thinks there's something wrong with limiting government The only reason we are in such a mess is because we didn't follow all of their advice to begin with. Fuck FDR and the New Deal
Aiden Harris
This. The 10th Amendment has been fucked over so many times that our Constitution might as well not even exist. The federal government is supposed to have almost no power over how our internal affairs are run.
Logan Richardson
>How much power has the federal government seized that it has not been expressly granted in the constitution, and should therefor be delegated to the individual states?
That is actually a question that you'll find the answer for in the presidencies of Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln.
The framers, many of which feared a two-party system, were Federalists and Anti-Federalists to begin with. Your concern was present day 1 during the signing of the Constitution.
