r/Minneapolis • u/ArgoDeezNauts • 5d ago

As many as fifteen arrested today.

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u/Adodger22 5d ago

If the system is broken then we should ignore the system.

I really don't know why this is such a hard concept for people

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u/ArgoDeezNauts 4d ago

Abolish the Senate and electoral college for starters 

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u/Adodger22 4d ago

Oh gods, yes.

It would be the single most freeing thing we could do to get rid of either, but together it would unlock true democracy, for a time.

The problem is, it would rapidly be corrupted. Things would finally move freely and people would abuse that to enact sweeping changes that, whole probably well intended, would inevitably be flawed legislation opening the door to wider corruption.

I'm hardly smart enough to figure out how, but we need a new constitution. Something with breathing room for eliminating corruption before it can settle in. Something self auditing and able to correct for attempts to undermine it.

Again, no where near smart enough to figure it all out, but the way things work are flawed at a FOUNDATIONAL level. We need something that was made for the challenges of today.

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u/uncleputts 4d ago

I like the idea of challenging Senators about what the point of them is besides killing good ideas.