Scholars Warn Outdated Constitution Has Put Democracy At Risk

[cnm]

Electoral College has nothing to do with it, it's dysfunctional because the parties can't work together.

It's dysfunctional because the Constitution is an antediluvian mishmash of rich white male privilege. Purposefully.

 

[cnm]

If the U.S. can be described as a “flawed democracy”, then it only because it's not supposed to be a democracy at all, but a republic.

Only if one lives in the alternative dictionary free reality of MAGAtry.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

The USA like ALL other so called democracy's (aside from Switzerland) is a FAKE democracy.

The U.S. is not a “so-called democracy”. It does not claim to be a democracy, and only the ignorant believe that it is supposed to be a democracy of any sort.

 

[Auld Phart]

It's dysfunctional because the Constitution is an antediluvian mishmash of rich white male privilege. Purposefully.

Constitution doesn't apply to minorities?

 

[cnm]

The U.S. is not a “so-called democracy”. It does not claim to be a democracy, and only the ignorant believe that it is supposed to be a democracy of any sort.

And those with access to and ability to read dictionaries...

Democracy is a system of government in which people choose their rulers by voting for them in elections.​

[...]​

Synonyms: self-government, republic, commonwealth, autonomy​

 

[2aguy]

It's dysfunctional because the Constitution is an antediluvian mishmash of rich white male privilege. Purposefully.

White male privilege? What a joke.......rhe Constitution and the Bill of Rights applies to all Americans.

The democrat party was the party of slave owners and did its best to deny those Rights to the free blacks....

 

[cnm]

Constitution doesn't apply to minorities?

It all depends how rich and white they are and what access they have to the justice system. But I repeat myself.

 

[Devils_Advocate]

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‘Tyranny of the Minority’ warns Constitution is dangerously outdated​

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt urge institutional reforms, rejection of candidates who violate norms in ‘How Democracies Die’ follow-up​

The U.S. Constitution desperately needs updating, say Harvard government professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt.

“We have a very, very old constitution; in fact, the oldest written constitution in the world,” notes Ziblatt, the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government. “It was written in a pre-democratic era. It hasn’t been amended much compared to other democracies. As a result, we have these institutions in place that most other democracies got rid of over the course of the 20th century.”

In their new book “Tyranny of the Minority,” the comparative political scientists argue that these antiquated institutions, including the Electoral College, have protected and enabled an increasingly extremist GOP, which keeps moving farther to the right despite losing the popular vote in all but one of the last eight presidential elections. The scholars also survey governments worldwide for examples of democratizing reforms. And they draw from history in underscoring the dangers of our constitutional stasis.

Levitsky and Ziblatt’s 2018 bestseller, “How Democracies Die,” drew from global case studies to argue that Donald Trump represented a threat to core democratic principles, even flagging the possibility that he would refuse to cede power. Today, in light of the 2020 election — and the 147 Congressional Republicans who voted to overturn the results — the authors say it’s clear the threat is larger than Trump.

Much more at the link below...

Scholars warn of danger in an outdated Constitution

In "Tyranny of the Minority," Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt call for reforms in face of "radicalized" elements in GOP.

news.harvard.edu

I totally agree! What do you think?

Not happening.

 

[Kruska]

The U.S. is not a “so-called democracy”. It does not claim to be a democracy, and only the ignorant believe that it is supposed to be a democracy of any sort.

Only MAGA's claim that.

Who elects the US government? - right the people - aka the voter sheep. - therefor it is a democracy and not a monarchy or a dictatorship.
What is a Republic? its a form of government in which the social and political affairs of the country are considered a “public matter,” with representatives of the citizen body holding the power to rule.

The people decide, (democracy) but they do so through elected representatives working in pre-established, rule-bound and intentionally balky institutions such as Congress and the courts.
The government seated in Washington, D.C., represents a democratic republic, which governs a federated union of states, each of which in turn has its own democratic-republican government for its jurisdiction.

The people decide - well they only decide every four years as to who is supposed to screw them - aka a FAKE democracy, since laws or amendments of laws are not decided via "the people" - plebiscites - but simply by politicians who are not bound in anyway to the sheep who voted them in.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

So, we've got one idiot from New Zealand, and another idiot from Malaysia, each presuming to tell us Americans that we don't understand our own Constitution and our own system of government, but lucky for us, these two idiots that don't know shit about our Constitution or our system of government are here to school us on it.

 

[Lastamender]

stopped reading when I got to this line: "In their new book “Tyranny of the Minority,” the comparative political scientists argue that these antiquated institutions, including the Electoral College, "

A book full of rationalizations on why they are right. Nothing but two pompous assholes trying to make money.

 

[westwall]

Electoral College has nothing to do with it, it's dysfunctional because the parties can't work together.

Which they were never intended to do anyway. The Founders wanted an adversarial system where it was difficult to pass laws.

They realized that as soon as the two parties began working together the people would suffer.

 

[GMCGeneral]

Electoral College has nothing to do with it, it's dysfunctional because the parties can't work together.

Ahh yes, the good old copout. The Democrat party needs to be eliminated.

 

[Oddball]

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‘Tyranny of the Minority’ warns Constitution is dangerously outdated​

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt urge institutional reforms, rejection of candidates who violate norms in ‘How Democracies Die’ follow-up​

The U.S. Constitution desperately needs updating, say Harvard government professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt.

“We have a very, very old constitution; in fact, the oldest written constitution in the world,” notes Ziblatt, the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government. “It was written in a pre-democratic era. It hasn’t been amended much compared to other democracies. As a result, we have these institutions in place that most other democracies got rid of over the course of the 20th century.”

In their new book “Tyranny of the Minority,” the comparative political scientists argue that these antiquated institutions, including the Electoral College, have protected and enabled an increasingly extremist GOP, which keeps moving farther to the right despite losing the popular vote in all but one of the last eight presidential elections. The scholars also survey governments worldwide for examples of democratizing reforms. And they draw from history in underscoring the dangers of our constitutional stasis.

Levitsky and Ziblatt’s 2018 bestseller, “How Democracies Die,” drew from global case studies to argue that Donald Trump represented a threat to core democratic principles, even flagging the possibility that he would refuse to cede power. Today, in light of the 2020 election — and the 147 Congressional Republicans who voted to overturn the results — the authors say it’s clear the threat is larger than Trump.

Much more at the link below...

Scholars warn of danger in an outdated Constitution

In "Tyranny of the Minority," Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt call for reforms in face of "radicalized" elements in GOP.

news.harvard.edu

I totally agree! What do you think?

 

[cnm]

Which they were never intended to do anyway. The Founders wanted an adversarial system where it was difficult to pass laws.

Can't have too much democracy.

 

[cnm]

They realized that as soon as the two parties began working together the people would suffer.

Lol. Right. Realised the two parties which didn't exist and which the Constitution was not designed for would make a mockery of their delusions.

 

[Delldude]

I totally agree! What do you think?

Two non biased professors from Harvard........eat shit and bark at the moon.

 

[frigidweirdo]

View attachment 830243

‘Tyranny of the Minority’ warns Constitution is dangerously outdated​

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt urge institutional reforms, rejection of candidates who violate norms in ‘How Democracies Die’ follow-up​

The U.S. Constitution desperately needs updating, say Harvard government professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt.

“We have a very, very old constitution; in fact, the oldest written constitution in the world,” notes Ziblatt, the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government. “It was written in a pre-democratic era. It hasn’t been amended much compared to other democracies. As a result, we have these institutions in place that most other democracies got rid of over the course of the 20th century.”

In their new book “Tyranny of the Minority,” the comparative political scientists argue that these antiquated institutions, including the Electoral College, have protected and enabled an increasingly extremist GOP, which keeps moving farther to the right despite losing the popular vote in all but one of the last eight presidential elections. The scholars also survey governments worldwide for examples of democratizing reforms. And they draw from history in underscoring the dangers of our constitutional stasis.

Levitsky and Ziblatt’s 2018 bestseller, “How Democracies Die,” drew from global case studies to argue that Donald Trump represented a threat to core democratic principles, even flagging the possibility that he would refuse to cede power. Today, in light of the 2020 election — and the 147 Congressional Republicans who voted to overturn the results — the authors say it’s clear the threat is larger than Trump.

Much more at the link below...

Scholars warn of danger in an outdated Constitution

In "Tyranny of the Minority," Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt call for reforms in face of "radicalized" elements in GOP.

news.harvard.edu

I totally agree! What do you think?

What Democracy?

There never really was any Democracy, they tell you there's Democracy just to give you a warm cozy feeling. But yes, out of date a hundred years ago, now it's creaking at the seams.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Can't have too much democracy.

You can. Check out the Weimar Republic for "too much democracy"....

 

[cnm]

You can. Check out the Weimar Republic for "too much democracy"....

Thank the Founders for avoiding that one, eh?