The New York Times: Elections Are Bad for Democracy
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And that's different from our current system how? "Just vote out the bad politicians bro"? We've had generations of bad political rulers under a so-called repubilc
Tell me you've never read the experiences of people living under monarchy without telling me.
We've had political rulers you don't like. They've changed significantly over time, and their effects are limited. You have never, in your life, lived under the whims of an inbred idiot for 40 years of absolute rule. You don't know anyone who does (unless they lived in North Korea).
There is, actually, more accountability in our republican systems (shitty though they may be) than anything a monarchy would condemn us with. I literally did vote to change my state constitution after our state SC made a bad ruling. Even under the federal system, that single court case would have been precedent for 40 years. Now imagine that level of precedents, but for all policies, with no capacity for literally anyone to influence any policy or position for 1,000 miles in any direction. That's monarchism, and it's why we shot people to stop it.