Comment by mathiaspoint
1 day ago
GP claimed Americans (that is "we") are "not good stewards of democracy." I agreed and offered an explanation as to why.
1 day ago
GP claimed Americans (that is "we") are "not good stewards of democracy." I agreed and offered an explanation as to why.
I'm confused how you can say it's Americans doing it while recognising in the same sentence that it's happening outside of the realm of democracy.
We have democratically rejected democracy. That's what most people mean when they say "<x> electorate are not good stewards of democracy."
> We have democratically rejected democracy.
That sounds like an assurance given by the people in power to make people feel better about losing their freedoms.
> That's what most people mean when they say "<x> electorate are not good stewards of democracy."
Is it? I can't say I've heard a lot of people using that phrase so I'm surprised you would be able to split it up into what most people do and don't mean by it. The person above meant that the US had traditionally positioned itself as a nation that would fight for things like freedom of expression and the rights of people and enterprise to do their own thing, but that recently they had failed to perform this function for themselves.
You don’t get to democratically reject democracy. That is like the first grade class president candidate that promises free ice cream for everyone when they get in office and then they realize that is not in their power. The constitution is above the president and above a single election.
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