2017 is the year of right wingers just straight up admitting they hate democracy on a regular basis
I’ve been saying it for years. Democracy is cancer, @taxloopholes.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t we a democratic republic??
Also correct me if I’m wrong - doesn’t that mean we all can vote on things but we can’t change basic laws like making sure things like rape or murder or whatever are illegal so that people have human rights?
Okay, but consider the following:
The US Constitution has been amended before. If a large enough majority of the culture demand something, and they can credibly wield force, then the promises writ in paper can be overriden. As such, ensuring murder remains illegal or effectively illegal requires ensuring most people want to keep it illegal.
Not that the Founders didn’t try. There’s certainly more friction required to do that than if you have an emperor.
Look, dueling was legal when the United States was formed. The Founding Fathers themselves, personally, participated in dueling (for all the non Hamilton! fans in the audience). By modern standards, dueling IS murder. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel#Colonial_North_America_and_United_States
In this case, I mean try more generally. They made it require a larger majority to legally abolish various rights, and some of the groundwork they laid was used later.
