>let's invent a system of government where the entire

>>133228386
> system of government where the entire underlying philosophy can change dramatically every few years

>constitution
>changing ever without overwhelming approval
hmm?

>>133228735
Point being these corrupt fucks simply ignore the constitution.

>>133228386
>political cartoon: the post

>>133228386

The 'underlying philosophy' you speak of literally is the constitution, and has functioned successfully in that role for the entirety of American History up until probably two or three decades ago, and even then functioned pretty successfully

God you're fucking retarded.

>>133228386

Why didn't you post something good instead?

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Democracy is the single most evil thing ever invented. Without it we would have colonized half the galaxy by now.

>>133228386
What are you complaining about? Seems like you're saying the government wildly changes every four years but has a constitution that doesn't let anything change too much. That's contradictory there buddy.

>>133228996
>>133228878

So having one party who would centralize all power, institute massive wealth redistribution, import millions of third world immigrants, and basically turn our country into Venezuela, vs a party who would do the exact opposite is totally fine. And the fact that one vote separates the nation between the two is a good idea

How much did Barack obama follow the constitution?

How much power has the federal government seized that it has not been expressly granted in the constitution, and should therefor be delegated to the individual states?

>>133228386
It's the general problem with representative democracies.
It is very hard to push long term projects because the other side can just fuck up some crucial part of it once they get into power.
It's also very hard to implement necessary but unpleasant changes, because it means you'll lose the next election.

It's probably one of the reasons why our democracies went downhill so insanely fast.

>>133230283
Rome lasted the better part of a millennia after the republic gave way to the emperors. Some were good and some were insanely incompetent and evil. But their nation was founded on a strong culture with honorable principles. So even the worst tyrant couldn't fuck things up so badly the next guy wasn't able to fix it

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>>133228386

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>>133228386
>rocking the JUST haircut before it became a thing

>>133228386
It took me a moment to realise that she hadn't been JUSTed.

>every few years lets spend several years deliberating on new rules for everything
makes sense

>>133228386
>tfw no goth Armenian high school gf

>>133228386
>a system that can change is bad

>>133228386
>girugamesh
Thats the only thing that comes to mind.

>>133228386
Fucking retard George Washington didn't want us to split into political factions like we are today.

>>133228386
>let's invent a system of government where the entire underlying philosophy can change dramatically every few years just because one side got one more vote than the other side.
Except voting republican or democrat isn't exactly part of that system. George Washington warned us of this and they didn't listen.

If you register as either republicuck or democrap then you are what's wrong with the United States right now.

>>133228386
JUST
PROBLEMATIZE
MY
TROPES
UP

>>133228386
>not understanding what balance is

Pleb

>>133228386
>he thinks that the two parties are different
>he thinks that it's okay for ten cities to run every part of a land half the size of Europe without problems
>he thinks there's something wrong with limiting government
The only reason we are in such a mess is because we didn't follow all of their advice to begin with. Fuck FDR and the New Deal

>>133228798
This. The 10th Amendment has been fucked over so many times that our Constitution might as well not even exist. The federal government is supposed to have almost no power over how our internal affairs are run.

>>133229453
>How much power has the federal government seized that it has not been expressly granted in the constitution, and should therefor be delegated to the individual states?

That is actually a question that you'll find the answer for in the presidencies of Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln.

The framers, many of which feared a two-party system, were Federalists and Anti-Federalists to begin with. Your concern was present day 1 during the signing of the Constitution.