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Should the Senate, Presidency, and Supreme Court all be eliminated?
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Anonymous 10w

Routine use of the filibuster paralyzes everything. Members of the senate we're not supposed to be directly elected. The founders rejected the idea that they should be. They weren't supposed tomhave their "debates" on live television. The senate itself is a problem since it gives less populous states disproportionate power. Having some kind of are you sure about this is good but w routine filibuster abuse you need 60 to pass any meaningful legislation that can't go through a special budget reco

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Anonymous 10w

Fuck it

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Anonymous 10w

I think you mean the executive, legislative, Abe judicial branches

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Anonymous 10w

Wouldn’t rlly address any of the problems we’re currently having. I know the DSA is for this bc it would gain them more political power, but Trump had the popular vote. It’s not as simple as just removing the institutions that politically align in a way you don’t like.

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Anonymous 10w

Please elaborate

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Anonymous 10w

DSA?

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Anonymous 10w

All but a popular assembly

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Deleted 10w

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

Basically the federal government would just become the house of representatives

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

Hell no

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

I wouldn’t trust that basket of buffoons to vote on a single issue bill about whether eating babies is bad or not

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

Isn’t that just the DSA platform, except that the house would have a lot more members

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 10w

Correct

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Anonymous 10w

Yeah then a parliamentary situation would slowly evolve

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

Democratic Socialists of America

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

Yeah I’d support Madison’s only unpassed amendment left but fs I want the republican (not the party, the ideal) elements like the Senate & the electoral college. In fact I’d like to see senators go back to being more like ambassadorial positions for the states. There are plenty of purely democratic(ideal, not party) states, I’d rather live in a democratic republic

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 10w

The budget is a mess unto itself. I wouldn’t say less populous states have “undue” power. It’s equalizing. Tyranny of the majority (not tyranny of the masses) exists and it is my opinion that the baker should not tell the Butcher how to grow its corn if that makes any sense. I’m fully aware that it time is gone on some elements of the more Republican republic have become more parliamentary in different elements of different systems…

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

As time is if we were one uniform republic, republic, democratic, democracy, republican, democracy, or democratic republic, even a parliamentarian democracy, and the rules conformed the system it would be better. Unfortunately, in the times we live in there are different elements of different systems constantly under debate about which system we do and should live under.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 10w

?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

The branches of government are what you’re asking should be eliminated…. Right? Or did you actually just mean the senate?

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Anonymous replying to -> blue__wave 10w

Well, if you’re any form of communist, that’s generally the method other than moving the people from the gene pool you don’t like, ofc

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

Well it’s just silly, unironically they’re calling for a system similar to the Israeli system of proportional representation with more power to the legislator. Idk what problem this is solving for other than making it easier for more radical people to have a bigger voice in government.

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Anonymous replying to -> blue__wave 10w

I mean, that’s the point obviously. The masses can’t speak for themselves. It even says it in the Bible, “ if you are neither hot or cold, I will spit you out of my mouth”, (if you’re superstitiously inclined)

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