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annabanana

(52,791 posts)
22. teach civics...teach civics...teach civics
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 11:08 AM
Jan 2017

Everyone talks about the "rights" of Americans.. Very few make a really big deal of the duties.

Let's start with going back to basics Retrograde Dec 2016 #1
Several years back? pangaia Dec 2016 #3
I know the argument... but it's deeply flawed eniwetok Jan 2017 #14
Because deist99 Dec 2016 #2
I have my facts straight... eniwetok Dec 2016 #5
Because otherwise we would have no country at all NobodyHere Dec 2016 #8
And the slave states wouldn't have signed on without provisions protecting slavery. n/t JustinL Dec 2016 #9
Sure... eniwetok Jan 2017 #13
so you agree that the Constitution set the politics of 1787 in cement? eniwetok Jan 2017 #10
You do know how this country was put together right? NobodyHere Dec 2016 #4
Exactly forthemiddle Dec 2016 #6
curious definition of "self-governed" eniwetok Jan 2017 #11
We The People... eniwetok Jan 2017 #12
but the Presidency is a national office JustinL Jan 2017 #17
state vs federal eniwetok Jan 2017 #23
we have to stop being victimized by the politics of 1787 eniwetok Dec 2016 #7
Yup, the popular vote was compromised away eniwetok Jan 2017 #15
Serious change starts at the local level. Initech Jan 2017 #16
the problem with thinking change starts at the local level eniwetok Jan 2017 #25
The vote is lost. For good. You won't get it back with voting. McCamy Taylor Jan 2017 #18
PS Democracy died in 2010 with Citizens United. Most folks just didn't realize it at the time. McCamy Taylor Jan 2017 #19
sorry.... CU may not have mattered eniwetok Jan 2017 #21
Forget democratic, is our government today even representative of the people? ck4829 Jan 2017 #20
the only way government can represent the people eniwetok Jan 2017 #26
teach civics...teach civics...teach civics annabanana Jan 2017 #22
what good is civics if the system is not responsive to the People? eniwetok Jan 2017 #24
The crappy electoral system is the core of the US' political failings: DetlefK Jan 2017 #27
our system can create contempt between natural allies. eniwetok Jan 2017 #28
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