12-25-2016, 03:20 PM
(12-25-2016, 12:42 PM)treee Wrote: Well, ideally we'd utilize technology so that our informed citizenry could participate in a direct democracy, including for presidency.
That's not really an ideal, IMO. At least not a full on direct democracy. If you mean a straight popular vote for POTUS, I agree, but it isn't something that will happen easily and would take a constitutional amendment. Encouraging states to change their method of choosing electors and updating their elections methods would still be difficult, but more likely to succeed. JMHO.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
