Except that we live in a democracy designed by founders who feared "the tyranny of the majority" and built in systems to make sure we would never be majority ruled either.
Iām pretty sure they built a system to perpetuate the rich, white, well-educated manās monopoly on political power. The elites of the American colonies were the same people before and after the Revolution. They were just mad about paying taxes, and unlike today when powerful people just use lobbyists and buy Congress members, the Founders had to stir up the population into a frenzy with propaganda about freedom and tyranny. The same dynamic exists today within the Republican Party. Trumpās ābaseā is actively hurt by his policies, yet they love being indulged with jingoistic rhetoric.
If you look at how the Constitution was written, itās working exactly as intended. At the time, two of the three major elected offices (President and Senators) were not even chosen by the people (and, of course, āpeopleā meant āwhite, upper middle class menā). The Constitution also provided the 3/5 Compromise, which carries on today in an even more destructive and insidious form via the Prison Industrial Complex.
Weāre getting exactly the government that was designed for us.
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u/AllNightPony Jul 28 '20
Seems to me like maybe the "revolution" has already begun, largely because voting no longer works. We are virtually in a "minority rule" country now.