If the vast majority of the population wanted liberty I could see myself supporting a revolution, but at this point in time they very much want the opposite. It just seems like every generation wants to control their fellow americans more and desire nothing more than to get more and more from government. I don't see the end of that trend any time soon.
i would rather put my faith in a system where i get to vote for the politician i want to be my states senator then a system where politicians get to select the person the state is sending to washington.
I'll take that as an "I'll spend the money on myself instead of on a revolution." :lol:
bigger population = more people required to represent the population.
besides the senate balances out that problem
i would rather put my faith in a system where i get to vote for the politician i want to be my states senator then a system where politicians get to select the person the state is sending to washington.
then you are also fine with the Senate being corrupted as a chamber.... noted.
I could live quite well without Texas.
Then you want democracy - but since every democracy in history has died the way we are dying today... maybe not such a good idea, huh??
i would rather put my faith in a system where i get to vote for the politician i want to be my states senator then a system where politicians get to select the person the state is sending to washington.
we have already crossed the rubicon, the decision was made by the people of the time based on what they believed was important to them at the time.
Sorry Cali isnt even in the top 10 10 States That Rely The Most On Food Stamps: USDA
i dont care to have the senate be a collective body.
i refer a check on collective power, and the federal government
"when the people become uneducated and dont know what kind of government they have, it will turn into a democracy followed by a dicatorship"
all politicians are corrupt to some degree.
he said " more people"... not " a higher rate "
California, in terms of total people on welfare/food stamps.. leads the nation by far..... (not more than all other states combined, though.)
about 47 million folks are on food stamps... 10% of that number comes entirely from California.
i refuse to surrender my ability to decide who goes to washington as the states senator and leave the electoral fate of the country in the hands of state legislators who do not represent me.
Fair enough. But one must also take into account its the most popular state. And the claim of "California uses more food stamps than the rest of the states combined" is a blatant lie.
By percentage of the states population...so is " they are not even in the top 10"...<shrug>
I didn't ask you to explain why you support corruption....
is it a coincidence that some states right now have legislatures that are dominated by one political party, but in national elections the people of these state elect senators that belong to the opposite party?
Ohio and north Carolina for example have state legislatures that are dominated by republicans, yet are currently represented by both a democrat and republican senator each.
does the fact that senator Sherrord Brown and Kay Hagen are representing their states as democrats in spite of the fact that their states have legislatures dominated by republicans offend some people?
is it a coincidence that some states right now have legislatures that are dominated by one political party, but in national elections the people of these state elect senators that belong to the opposite party?
Ohio and north Carolina for example have state legislatures that are dominated by republicans, yet are currently represented by both a democrat and republican senator each.
does the fact that senator Sherrord Brown and Kay Hagen are representing their states as democrats in spite of the fact that their states have legislatures dominated by republicans offend some people?
The constitution desperately needs some kind of anti-gerrymandering amendment.
I would agree.... however, that's incredibly improbable.
neither party will give up one if it's greatest powers voluntarily.... and Democratic and Republican voters cannot be trusted to remove that power from the people they send into office ot use it..
in short, learn to live with gerrymandering, it's not going anywhere
we have already crossed the rubicon, the decision was made by the people of the time based on what they believed was important to them at the time.
Agreed - Americans have been indoctrinated... the only thing that can bring liberty back would be collapse, followed by the predictable period of authoritarian rule, and then only after some future generation has had enough, and they are able and willing to fight, will liberty be restored. It could be many, many decades before that happens... hundreds of years perhaps.
It only took about 80 years to chop us down - 1 or 2 generations to plant the seeds. I agree with Yuri Bezmenov and the warnings he gave, and Antonio Gramsci and his prescription for overthrowing target societies, i.e. infiltrate the institutions, poison the well, and let the people enslave themselves through their own ignorance. Americans have bought into the lies hook, line, and sinker.
America has become Oceania.
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