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Originally Posted by Pangalin
There is something about OUR government that makes it seem implausible, and that something is a great plurality of rednecks with significantly more authority than they deserve.
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Don't really have anything to add beyond what Pang's saying (other than props), but for the curious, the above post is tackled in book form: The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank (the author of "What's the Matter With Kansas?").
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This is why the best solution to ensure things work better in the future would be to reinstate the 3/5 Compromise, but apply it so that those who clearly have no rights to wield control be permanently reduced in influence.
Either that or allow enfranchisement only after proof of competency in civics. Having the nation being led by people who don't know what they're doing for more than half the time is not conducive to a good and just republic.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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