03-13-2018, 03:16 PM
(03-13-2018, 03:05 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Madison may have meant it one way, but it still protects any minority from the majority. Plus I can't even guess at the logistics of a direct vote for everything.
I don't disagree that it still protects any minority, but the use of this to justify the Senate and making it the more powerful of the two chambers is troubling. The idea was not direct vote vs. representative. Instead, the debate was over the House or Senate having the larger role in government. The chamber of aristocracy was granted more power than the chamber intended to be more representative of the people.
(03-13-2018, 03:05 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I don't know that the Nordic system translates to a diverse population of 350 million people.
This is where I get a little Burkean and advocate for state systems.
"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
