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Guppy

(444 posts) Sun Dec 9, 2018, 09:48 PM Dec 2018

Our system of government is breaking [View all]

It has reached its end. It no longer represents the people. Its structure is compromised probably beyond repair. Within 15 years 15 states will have 70% of the population and 35 states will control 15 states. The supreme court is politicized beyond repair. The electoral college is a disaster and the house is gerrymandered has hampered any reasonable representation of the people.

There are major changes that have to take place or we will eventually have a civil war.

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Our system of government is breaking [View all] Guppy Dec 2018 OP

I don't think it would be a civil war marylandblue Dec 2018 #1

you are probably right Guppy Dec 2018 #2

Probably like Yugoslavia. roamer65 Dec 2018 #18

It is corrupt.. CentralMass Dec 2018 #3

The actual system Guppy Dec 2018 #4

You might be right but every generation says this at some point and we have only had one Civil War. Squinch Dec 2018 #5

We have NEVER been where we are right now. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #7

I understand that. Of course this has never happened before. But we have had Squinch Dec 2018 #11

We have NEVER had a president like donald trump before. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #12

we have governors and other elected officials JI7 Dec 2018 #19

Governors and other elected officials DO NOT the HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE COUNTRY. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #20

Sigh. Yes, I understand we haven't. I never said we did. Squinch Dec 2018 #21

We had slave holder presidents; we had lawless Andrew Jackson; we had a Great Depression delisen Dec 2018 #27

nt bdamomma Dec 2018 #32

Andrew Jackson? zipplewrath Dec 2018 #36

Yes yes yes. You are absolutely correct. Maven Dec 2018 #6

This has been true for a long time, but it's most certainly getting worse. Garrett78 Dec 2018 #8

Michigan's Proposal 2 is now law. roamer65 Dec 2018 #17

I would like to see the alternative jberryhill Dec 2018 #9

An amendment is not possible precisely because of this tyranny of the minority system. Garrett78 Dec 2018 #14

Then please answer the two questions jberryhill Dec 2018 #29

There are many zipplewrath Dec 2018 #37

MAKE DC A STATE EndGOPPropaganda Dec 2018 #10

The fact that The District has not been granted statehood Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #13

Constitutional? jberryhill Dec 2018 #30

Democracy has been replaced with a capitaliistic plutocracy nt elmac Dec 2018 #15

NY and New England are more like Canadian provinces than American states. roamer65 Dec 2018 #16

It's actually significantly stronger then it is in most countries. The assault on the system of OnDoutside Dec 2018 #22

I disagree. It's BEING broken, and we're going to stop it. Hortensis Dec 2018 #23

The electoral college has been broken forever. Guppy Dec 2018 #24

Yes to all that. And not only that, but in 2016 Hortensis Dec 2018 #25

The electoral college Guppy Dec 2018 #26

Gotcha. Hortensis Dec 2018 #31

Thank you, Hortensis peggysue2 Dec 2018 #42

I think it's already broken. mnhtnbb Dec 2018 #28

We Dems need to stop standing down when corrupt actions happen. JudyM Dec 2018 #41

I am amazed at how resilient our form of government is delisen Dec 2018 #33

Really? Guppy Dec 2018 #34

compared to the Civil War or all the system shocks I listed? delisen Dec 2018 #35

Yes, I took tons of political science Guppy Dec 2018 #38

The frog in the water zipplewrath Dec 2018 #39

concise op and to the point. harumph Dec 2018 #40