Originally Posted by
redietz
It's not one person, one vote. The electoral college assigns somewhere between .85 and .90 vote per person for minorities, and I may be underselling that. That's reality. The Senate is unbalanced when you go to two votes per state regardless of population. You get somewhere like West Virginia, which is 92 to 93% white, holding up the rest of the country. The House is the most "democratic" of the institutions, and even that suffers demography rigging, AKA gerrymandering. And finally, the Supreme Court makeup, because it relies so heavily on Senate approval, is probably the least "democratic" of the institutions.
None of it is democratic by any stretch of the imagination. Welcome to reality.
The founding fathers were well aware of what they were doing. They knew all about the tyranny of the majority. It was actually brilliant what they did. Each state no matter population gets two senators, and the house is based on population. States with more population get more reps.
We are a republic not a democracy. Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner.
Of course, I realize none of it fits in with your love of totalitarian central planning marxism.
Hey, I will admit the socialists have done a great job of redistribuing the wealth in Venezuela. Under capitalism half the country was poor. The socialists came in and redistributed everything. Now, 95% of the country is poor. Much more equitable. Oh, however, a little snafu has occured. They don't have anyone left to confiscate money from.
Yes, I know red. The Venezuelan socialists are fumblers....just like the russian socialists, just like the cuban socialists, just like the north korean socialists. BUT YOUR SOCIALISM, Comrade Dietz, will be successful. Because you know how to do it right. Just one problem in your theory. The talented simply will not produce to cover everyone's ass when they don't get paid more than anyone else for it.
You ought to move on down there redietz. You'll probably be dead by the time the US gets socialist enough for your tastes. Move on down to Caracas and you can spend the rest of your life in a great socialist republic. And with your US connection you can have someone mailing you food all the time....since there is nothing to eat in Venezuela.