That is the other big point I was going to make, but you were ahead of me. (Reply #34)

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34. That is the other big point I was going to make, but you were ahead of me.

You're absolutely right. They were not prescient, nor anywhere near perfect. Many owned slaves, and enough of them agreed that they were able to adopt and codify the idea that anyone other than a white male land-owner was entitled to, at most, 35 of a vote.

They seemed to attach great importance to that fraction.

Anyway, the point is, they were a product of their times and did a damned good, but not a perfect job using what they had.

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Something is fundamentally wrong with our system when one of our planet's [View all]	Magoo48	Feb 2021	OP
Great post. Exactly.	LakeArenal	Feb 2021	#1
I hate to nitpick, since I agree with all of this. But I feel compelled to point out that	ShazzieB	Feb 2021	#2
He is an Amfibbinagain.	dameatball	Feb 2021	#9
Qrump had being an Amfibbinagain down to an art form	KS Toronado	Feb 2021	#15
Oops, my bad.🤷🏼‍♂️	Magoo48	Feb 2021	#24
Reptile ... not an amphibian.	Laelth	Feb 2021	#3
It is worse than that - he can continuously break any law and not be held accountable	Under The Radar	Feb 2021	#4
Agree and:	SayItLoud	Feb 2021	#5
I wouldn't go that far....	paleotn	Feb 2021	#16
Prosecutors judges and juries will be threatened by the MAGA mob	Under The Radar	Feb 2021	#32
And they will be arrested, tried and convicted.	paleotn	Feb 2021	#41
At the moment you are correct, but if they allow Trump to be boss	Under The Radar	Feb 2021	#47
We don't know if he issued himself a "secret pardon."	LastLiberal in PalmSprings	Feb 2021	#35
It will still have to be adjudicated publicly.	paleotn	Feb 2021	#39
I read that because he drew up the pardons himself, they were so narrowly written that	LastLiberal in PalmSprings	Feb 2021	#45
Yes, those are the Electoral College and the Fillibuster	Escurumbele	Feb 2021	#6
But But But...	Tommymac	Feb 2021	#8
to get rid of them destroy RW radio first - everything else will be easy	certainot	Feb 2021	#22
You are correct, and...improve the educational system in the USA	Escurumbele	Feb 2021	#28
Hugely important.	summer_in_TX	Feb 2021	#50
use AI to automatically record, transcribe, and analyze it - expose it, and boycott it until the	certainot	Feb 2021	#53
Excellent suggestion and one I hadn't thought of.	summer_in_TX	Feb 2021	#54
This message was self-deleted by its author	dameatball	Feb 2021	#7
Senate and Electoral College	Turin_C3PO	Feb 2021	#10
Taking the cap off of the House	Bettie	Feb 2021	#40
That's a good idea.	Turin_C3PO	Feb 2021	#44
Yes, and raising the number would	Bettie	Feb 2021	#46
If you're going to build a political system that's hinged...	MrScorpio	Feb 2021	#11
Time for the Dems to play some serious f'ing hardball.	MASW	Feb 2021	#12
Welcome to DU!	Delphinus	Feb 2021	#21
We need a drip campaign of ads on tv and radio	HariSeldon	Feb 2021	#31
Keep it simple and repeat a unified message ad nauseum. Label	Maru Kitteh	Feb 2021	#48
The wheels of justice turn slowly.....	the_sly_pig	Feb 2021	#13
This. All of it, except that	Oldem	Feb 2021	#23
That is an important point. When you talk of the GOP training their sights on state level,	BobTheSubgenius	Feb 2021	#33
Contrary to popular myth, our founders were not "gods"....	paleotn	Feb 2021	#14
That is the other big point I was going to make, but you were ahead of me.	BobTheSubgenius	Feb 2021	#34
It's the GQP that is the problem	pandr32	Feb 2021	#17
Any institution of rules, law, order	bucolic_frolic	Feb 2021	#18
I'm with you, Sly_Pig.	MASW	Feb 2021	#19
I think that this is one instance where you can hate both the player and the game.	Initech	Feb 2021	#20
so true	llashram	Feb 2021	#25
An election that went 57% - 43% would be called a landslide.	TheRickles	Feb 2021	#26
About the amphibian/reptile error. Sorry about that. I taught science for crying outloud.	Magoo48	Feb 2021	#27
Right on!	Pepsidog	Feb 2021	#29
I suggest as time passes certain types of people learn of game the system, any system.	TryLogic	Feb 2021	#30
Minority rule is baked into the system...	Jon King	Feb 2021	#36
+1	leftstreet	Feb 2021	#43
The "something" is people, Magoo. The dangerous flaw of	Hortensis	Feb 2021	#37
It's fucked up	dalton99a	Feb 2021	#38
The very definition of dysfunctional	Blue Owl	Feb 2021	#42
Yep, all the things you said.	msfiddlestix	Feb 2021	#49
Hell, I'm not sure.	Magoo48	Feb 2021	#51
Well I've been thinking about this question of how to proceed to clean it up	msfiddlestix	Feb 2021	#52

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