You keep living in this fantasy world of what you think it will magically be with repeal while ignoring what it was by the time repeal was made. The level of corruption was an epidemic and the entirety of the country demanded something be done about it, and that was direct accountability. You refuse to acknowledge what present political dynamics would mean for the membership. No Ted Cruz. No Rand Paul. No Mike Lee. Nothing but Democrat Communists and RINO squishes. That’s an improvement ?
Uh, no. I have never promised anything of the sort. It is you who keeps assuming that I do.
The level of corruption was an epidemic.
Not true. It is what the progressives of the day repeated for decades, since the 1880s with the intent of destroying enumerated powers. Oh, and even if true, corruption is dealt with via statutes and not constitutional amendments. Sheesh.
With a hundred year track record, you can certainly defend the 17th, right? So tell me how popular election of senators has secured our rights and kept the national government within its constitutional box.
Societies make mistakes. The Leftist 17th Amendment you support is one of them.