I like how Bernie wants prisoners to vote.

But that doesn’t change the fact that its still a democracy and not an autocracy.

@Nucleon one could use the argument that feudalism and monarchy lasted far longer than democratic republicanism has so far and have therefore demonatrated their superiority. Saying it's a more archaic system doesn't say it's without merit.

And by extent I point to the fact that those systems eventually evolved into democracies, by force or not.

Evolved into?

Hahaha

We don’t have many monarchs today. Britain was a great example of a state that morphed into a democratic one over time.

any group of people can become a democracy by violently subjugating their opponents

technically the UK is still a constitutional monarchy

and by extension so is Canada

the UK is sad

really a shame they squandered their glorious history

I'd be willing to try a monarch with the power of recall. Basically investing more authority in the executive. I'd elect the board of directors similar to the Senate and they would serve the purpose of setting policy goals and replacing the CEO if needed.

*the monarchy would not be hereditary

obviously

yes

so in your state who elects the Board/Senate?

please dont say all "citizens"

doesnt that depend on what a citizen is?

ok whats a citizen?

who counts?

I might leave that up to the state. Each state sends a single or pair of representatives chosen by that state using whatever method they see fit.

interesting

I like the notion of allowing the smaller units to experiment and innovate while keeping the larger structure stable.

probably one of the better ideas the US started with yes

sort of like large umbrella corps having many smaller subsidiaries

Very similar.

“please dont say all "citizens"”
Whats the problem with that? It the exact same as how CEO’s are elected and you seem fine with that.

no

citizens are half idiots and half worthless

Look at this dude

shareholders have all invested and care that their investment succeeds

@DJ_Anuz so he still hasn't given you a damn thing wow.

"Trump's a racist cause look at him"

What a fucking dingle shit.

doubtful

not even all government reps want america to succeed

AOC. Illhan Omar etc

@uncephalized it's actually someone else that has jumped in on the convo. So I have 2 libs that won't give me evidence.

So who should get the right to vote? Because then you get things like peasant revolts when you ignore groups. How fatherly of you.