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- Sat May 11, 2024 11:10 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 20
- Views: 460
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
Claiming the electoral college is “undemocratic” is obviously partisan. That’s why I say it’s actually a Democratic position. Again, your historical knowledge is lacking. The electoral college was implemented in part to prop up slavery which is the least democratic institution every invented. The w...
- Sat May 11, 2024 4:22 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 20
- Views: 460
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
We can have democratic institutions (universal suffrage, direct election of Senators, term limits on the presidency, etc.) And we can have undemocratic institutions (electoral college, 3/5ths compromise, filibuster rules, etc.) This looks suspiciously like Democratic institutions, not democratic in...
- Sat May 11, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 20
- Views: 460
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
I chose "Something Else," and if this is a copout, or too close to "Institutionalism," feel free to call me out. I choose "DEMOCTRATIC" - Leadership prioritizes 2-way democracy: strong, clear, frequent communication with all the people, mixed with more frequent governa...
- Sat May 11, 2024 1:28 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: The Israeli state?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1291
Re: The Israeli state?
I think Israel has a right not to be invaded and swamped by hostile peoples wanting to take over and reduce Jews living there to dhimmi status like they were in the Middle Ages, or worse, murdered in a genocide. "From the river to the sea", the Arab slogan, is a call for genocide. We are ...
- Thu May 09, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 20
- Views: 460
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
I would like to see a government that is run by people with good character and real wisdom. Whatever system achieves this is the one that I am for. The system in which a majority of people also value those things and vote for them. I would argue that part of good character is being humble. And humi...
- Thu May 09, 2024 6:11 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: War in Gaza
- Replies: 456
- Views: 81534
Re: War in Gaza
Interesting and nuanced take on the "organization" of some of the campus protests, in Tablet today. These groups, Shideler says, typically operate in a decentralized manner, using successful tactics drawn from decades of anarchist organizing and spread through left-wing activist networks ...
- Thu May 09, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Biden Fit to be President?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1023
Re: Is Biden Fit to be President?
This thread isn’t “Is Trump fit to be President?”, although I think it would be fine if you started such a thread. Everything is relative. If we are going to propose some measure of "fitness" for a particular candidate it is appropriate to gauge how that person measures up relative to eve...
- Thu May 09, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 20
- Views: 460
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
Much of purpose of the Constitution in the first place is to reign in or limit autocratic tendencies in our leaders. The word "reign" itself exhibits autocratic tendencies. If limiting them is the goal, it might be better to rein them in. :ugeek: It is of course a balance - leaders who ar...
- Thu May 09, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 20
- Views: 460
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
Much of purpose of the Constitution in the first place is to reign in or limit autocratic tendencies in our leaders. The word "reign" itself exhibits autocratic tendencies. If limiting them is the goal, it might be better to rein them in. :ugeek: I just put that there so you would have so...
- Thu May 09, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 20
- Views: 460
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
I would start with the premise that we have an institutional form of government, not an autocratic form of government. That is what the Constitution is all about. The founding fathers already decided this almost 250 years ago. And I think they got it right. Much of purpose of the Constitution in the...