Democratic Reforms Held Hostage To Absurd Amendment Process

[eniwetok]

46. no... I believe it's adherence to the Civic Religion

no... I believe it's adherence to the Civic Religion. And yes, if one buys into the 1787 rationale for the federal system with all its contemptible compromises.... it makes perfect sense that "states" deserve suffrage regardless of how antidemocratic it is. And if these compromises were not made... the Constitution might not be ratified. But the Constitution was written under duress. The Articles were failing and essentially reformproof by its own rules. We'd not form this system today. But Madison was clear he wanted the Constitution to be difficult to reform so it would engender what I call a Civic Religion around it. But the problem is this state based amendment formula has made the Constitution virtually reform proof except for minor tweaks.

The simple fact is that the system becoming more and more antidemocratic... leading to more morally illegitimate government. Our very system is making a mockery of the very concept of self government. And if Dems don't realize this... then no one will... and we should expect even more Bush and Trump Juntas in our future who will continue to put those last nails in the coffin of what Dems CLAIM to value.