Do We Even Have A Republic Anymore? The idea of a republic is that the people, through their representatives, get to make the laws that govern the country, but it appears that’s no longer a thing. What if you made a law, and no one enforced it? Is there even any point to the exercise?

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[–]one1wonIndependent 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What if you bypassed the lawmaking process entirely by redefining words and their original underlying concepts to fit an agenda, via Executive Orders...

[–]jamesK_3rd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't read the article.

But when a majority of the constituents no longer believe or have the same values as the people it's meant to govern, well in the best case scenario it's essentially parents staying together for the kids and that rarely turns out well.

The irony of it all is that the constitution and the declaration are short enough that they're fairly readable. Most bills created now are several hundred pages, they're fairly difficult to parse through and get an understanding of what they're doing and what problem they're solving. Most Americans can't be bothered to do either.

This is the govt the people deserve. If the administrative state can get away with passing legislation and the people let them, it should because that's what the people want.

Likewise, I'm all in for we are owed 2000$. In fact, I really feel like they owe me 2 million dollars. So if they want to print 2 million dollar covid checks, sign me up for whatever they're peddling, even if it's sacrificing little democrat babies to planned parenthood or nursing home residents to Molech, something I'm already getting from red and blue without the payout. I mean every senator and representative got 45000$ a month for childcare alone during the first CARES act. So I'm not really asking for a lot.

I didn't even vote for Joe but I'm good with him stealing it to get there. Now he just needs to pay up.

[–]asg101 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oligarchy was baked into the Constitution, it has been prettied up a little over the years to make people think they have a say, but the common people never really had any influence on government decisions.

https://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us-is-an-oligarchy-2014-4?op=1