Some excellent points brought up in the article but
Conservatives must wake up; their beloved constitutional republic does not work.
is a sentiment im really sick of reading from these try-hard neofascist types. The examples brought up is stuff like COVID lockdowns, but the US had the least restrictive lockdowns in the entire world. The US does not have the problem of rape gangs that other countries have, because of guns. The US has yet to arrest people for hate speech like other countries have. The constitution has been the number one thing holding the left at bay in this country, and this attitude that just because we're experiencing some turbulence, the whole system needs to be thrown away, smells to me of an agenda, like telling someone to drop their shields just because they took a few hits but are overall still very protected.
Ultimately, the power of the left and the establishment comes from one thing, lies. The more normies wake up, the harder it will be for them to push their agenda. And you know what weapons we use in their campaign of lies? Free Speech, and The Right to Bear Arms.
I'd argue the constitutional republic as designed hasn't existed for at least 100 years, likely longer. It was supposed to be a state-dominant government. So if California wanted to fly the fag flag and Texas wanted to ban it, sure, fine. It keeps changing so some states can use the federal government to force others to comply.
Even after all the civil war stuff, the amendments passed in the early 20th century, they are terrible.
16th: federal income taxes -- removed the ability for each state to figure out how to levy taxes, allows growth of federal government due to being able to directly fund itself
17th: direct election of senators -- now states can't decide that on their own
19th: women voting -- states could have decided that by state, it was never prohibited to allow women to vote
23rd: DC getting electors -- not a state, federal district gets a say now
24th: poll tax -- again, should be up to the states
26th: voting age -- also should be up to the states
Don't get me wrong, I still think the US did way better in everything you mention because of the Constitution. I just argue to anyone going on about the failed "constitutional republic" is we barely have much of it left.
I suppose then that begs the question: Did those amendments pass because of an intrinsic weakness in the constitutional republic model that other models of government would be more resilient to?
"But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist."
Some excellent points brought up in the article but
is a sentiment im really sick of reading from these try-hard neofascist types. The examples brought up is stuff like COVID lockdowns, but the US had the least restrictive lockdowns in the entire world. The US does not have the problem of rape gangs that other countries have, because of guns. The US has yet to arrest people for hate speech like other countries have. The constitution has been the number one thing holding the left at bay in this country, and this attitude that just because we're experiencing some turbulence, the whole system needs to be thrown away, smells to me of an agenda, like telling someone to drop their shields just because they took a few hits but are overall still very protected.
Ultimately, the power of the left and the establishment comes from one thing, lies. The more normies wake up, the harder it will be for them to push their agenda. And you know what weapons we use in their campaign of lies? Free Speech, and The Right to Bear Arms.
I'd argue the constitutional republic as designed hasn't existed for at least 100 years, likely longer. It was supposed to be a state-dominant government. So if California wanted to fly the fag flag and Texas wanted to ban it, sure, fine. It keeps changing so some states can use the federal government to force others to comply.
Even after all the civil war stuff, the amendments passed in the early 20th century, they are terrible.
Don't get me wrong, I still think the US did way better in everything you mention because of the Constitution. I just argue to anyone going on about the failed "constitutional republic" is we barely have much of it left.
I suppose then that begs the question: Did those amendments pass because of an intrinsic weakness in the constitutional republic model that other models of government would be more resilient to?
Irrelevant.
"But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist."