RE: Expanding The Supreme Court
September 27, 2020 at 5:45 pm
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2020 at 5:54 pm by The Architect Of Fate.)
Quote:Your whole statement hinges on an untruth - that democracy is a value - a state of being.Nope democracy has no such definition. Democracy doesn't require everyone be allowed to vote or that all issues are voted on . In fact most democracy don't work that way at all .
It is not.
It is a form of government in which all citizens vote on all issues. Stop. Period. End of definition
(September 27, 2020 at 5:43 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote:And having the Republicans pack the court with unqualified partisan loons is a good alternative ?(September 27, 2020 at 5:11 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Bullshit.
Definition, especially arbitrarily ones, do not motivate anyone. values do.
The definition of democracy is not worth the paper it is written on for any practical purpose if The value of democracy is not attractive. A state without any deep habit of cultural unity will not last if it does not provide an attractive value.
United States lasted because it provided sufficiently convincing promise of satisfying the demands of the democratic value.
Then U.S. has prospered because of the available resources, vast amounts of arable land, the lack of any permafrost to disrupt rail travel, the seven seaports that are open year-round, and our willingness to engage in violence to get what we want like when we dropped nukes to end a war. Oh, and we happen to pay lip service to the citizenry by having a vaguely democratic system.
We have propped up the value of the dollar by making it the world's reserve currency first by vast gold storage and then by somehow forcing all oil trades to be conducted in USD. There are many other examples of economic shenanigans, you just have to pay attention. The story of America is bloody and savage and has much less to do with careful nation building and more do with grit, determination, and bloody-mindedness.
And to the OP, I can't imagine the Dems beefing up the number of judges without touching off an arms race that will eventually lead to 52 judges at least, one for every state and one each for PR and DC! Won't that speed up our justice system!?
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