That would involve convincing current house members to dilute their power, and the senate which is becoming increasingly republican/minority rule dominated to go along with it. We can’t even get them to stop trading stocks. The article makes a lot of great points about how problems in the constitution are self perpetuating and prevent themselves from being fixed, somewhat by design. I’m not saying we’ll have another civil war or something, but at some point the government not responding to the will of the people is going to boil over in some way unless more progress is made in making the US government more democratic (meaning democracy, not political party).
Yes, not a constitutional problem, but involves convincing house members to reduce their own power and convincing senators from small states to reduce their power to choose the president. So still very difficult to do, but easier than a constitutional amendment.
That would involve convincing current house members to dilute their power, and the senate which is becoming increasingly republican/minority rule dominated to go along with it. We can’t even get them to stop trading stocks. The article makes a lot of great points about how problems in the constitution are self perpetuating and prevent themselves from being fixed, somewhat by design. I’m not saying we’ll have another civil war or something, but at some point the government not responding to the will of the people is going to boil over in some way unless more progress is made in making the US government more democratic (meaning democracy, not political party).
This problem isn’t technically a Constitutional problem. It can be solved with a simple act of Congress.
It can also be solved with a revolution if the rich refuse to play fair.
Hopefully we can do it without revolution, they tend to be bloody.
Yes, not a constitutional problem, but involves convincing house members to reduce their own power and convincing senators from small states to reduce their power to choose the president. So still very difficult to do, but easier than a constitutional amendment.