Posted on 01/15/2023 7:21:33 AM PST by Jacquerie
That is a certainty.
We are not voting our way out of this.
Discuss 18th century trivia all you want. The Constitution is deader than a doornail.
Start to think about what comes next.
A very restricted franchise will be part of what comes next.
Actually, the "one dollar, one vote" system that is in place today is a very restrictive franchise. But there is a pretense that common citizens have a vote that matters. They clearly don't.
Future governments will not bother with the pretense. It is just too much trouble. We might go to "White Male Christian Property Owners" only. Or we might go to "Approved Senior Members of the Democrat Party" only. Or "LGBTQERTY POC" only.
Pick whatever exclusionary criteria you like. What we will get has yet to be decided. It will be decided by whoever wins the coming civil war. It won't be what we have now.
Likewise, the government of the future will be smaller and less powerful. That is not because it would be a good idea. It is because the federal government will have no practical means of collecting tax revenue or enforcing most laws. Law enforcement requires police forces who must be paid. The economy will be too badly broken to pay them, and it will take a century or more for it to recover.
The people who will decide the shape of things to come are 10-15 years old right now. We had best take good care of them. We might be able to do that. Nobody is coming to save us. Best get used to the idea.
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