04-29-2020, 09:23 AM
(04-28-2020, 02:52 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(04-28-2020, 12:10 PM)David Horn Wrote: We're at a point that a wholesale reimagining of government is needed, but the US Constitution is designed to make that all but impossible.
The civil war completely changed the US government, and the US Constitution was flexible enough to survive that. WWII also resulted in huge changes. The Constitution isn't the issue here.
The ACW amendments were voted into existence before the Sothern states were admitted to the Union. The post-WW-II changes didn't require Constitutional change. Neither case is similar to the one we have today. Like the post-ACW, the Red/Blue animosity is extreme, but we don't have a subset of states outside the Union. No change will be made when the weak are in control by definition. The 10% of the population living in the smallest states has 46% of the Senate representation. The 10%living in California has 2%. That, short of war or some alternate crisis than this one, is permanent.
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