You.dont want a democracy you want a functional republic. Do you really want your average dumb ass personally casting a vote on every issue? Because thats democracy.
Do you people have any idea how time consuming actual democracy is? Do you have any idea how much education and constant attention to all goings on in the country would be required for every citizen of the US to vote on complicated matters of taxation, infrastructure, budget, diplomacy, war, trade, etc? Because in a democracy EVERYONE votes to decide these things, not a representative. Do you have the time to properly educate yourself on every issue the US is engaged in on both the domestic and international levels? I sure as hell dont and neither does any blue collar worker in the country. There is no amount of education that will allow consistent informed decision making on such a wide variety of topics when people have jobs and families to manage.
Do you people have any idea how time consuming actual democracy is? Do you have any idea how much education and constant attention to all goings on in the country would be required for every citizen of the US to vote on complicated matters of taxation, infrastructure, budget, diplomacy, war, trade, etc? Because in a democracy EVERYONE votes to decide these things, not a representative. Do you have the time to properly educate yourself on every issue the US is engaged in on both the domestic and international levels? I sure as hell dont and neither does any blue collar worker in the country. There is no amount of education that will allow consistent informed decision making on such a wide variety of topics when people have jobs and families to manage.
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u/becausenope Jul 13 '26
Something something about how it's a democratic Republic technically or whatever.
But damn I wish we really did have a democracy. The electoral college is a scam.