It's great to be a student of history, but let's not kid ourselves for a second that the MAGA GOP will be moved by historical references and precedent-shaming. They have no shame, as we've seen. So then, the Democrats -- to whom this plea is directed: There are a lots of ifs along the road to this reform but I agree with you that IF the …
It's great to be a student of history, but let's not kid ourselves for a second that the MAGA GOP will be moved by historical references and precedent-shaming. They have no shame, as we've seen. So then, the Democrats -- to whom this plea is directed: There are a lots of ifs along the road to this reform but I agree with you that IF the Democrats ever manage to regain control at the federal level, this move to add DC and PR is a no-brainer, a MUST. That said, notice how sclerotic American "democracy" has become? We can't even amend the Constitution or ditch the Electoral College or filibuster! So I'm not holding my breath that the Democrats will get religion or take as seriously as they should the demographic writing on the wall to which you point.
Winston Churchill once said "democracy is the worst form of government... Except for all those other ones we've tried from time to time." I agree our system of democracy is very sclerotic (appropriate word to describe it). We have so much legislative ossification to get anything done. I had the radical idea to just decentralize the federal government and go back to city-states (like Monaco, Liechtenstein, Singapore, formerly Hong Kong.) 80% of the population lives in cities and the majority of them vote liberal. Most of our problems seem to be an urban-rural divide so it would make sense to just let them govern themselves and people can just move.
It's great to be a student of history, but let's not kid ourselves for a second that the MAGA GOP will be moved by historical references and precedent-shaming. They have no shame, as we've seen. So then, the Democrats -- to whom this plea is directed: There are a lots of ifs along the road to this reform but I agree with you that IF the Democrats ever manage to regain control at the federal level, this move to add DC and PR is a no-brainer, a MUST. That said, notice how sclerotic American "democracy" has become? We can't even amend the Constitution or ditch the Electoral College or filibuster! So I'm not holding my breath that the Democrats will get religion or take as seriously as they should the demographic writing on the wall to which you point.
Winston Churchill once said "democracy is the worst form of government... Except for all those other ones we've tried from time to time." I agree our system of democracy is very sclerotic (appropriate word to describe it). We have so much legislative ossification to get anything done. I had the radical idea to just decentralize the federal government and go back to city-states (like Monaco, Liechtenstein, Singapore, formerly Hong Kong.) 80% of the population lives in cities and the majority of them vote liberal. Most of our problems seem to be an urban-rural divide so it would make sense to just let them govern themselves and people can just move.