No, the point is to prevent real democracy by being “democratic enough”.
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Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
The point of a constitutional monarchy is to transition away from an absolute monarchy towards a republic.
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Who would want “real democracy”? Have you met people? They’re terrible.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Have you met people? They’re terrible.
Um… That’s how the United States of America got the Senate and infamous Electoral College.
Are you saying you are in favor of the Electoral College of the US, and State Legislatures appointing US Senators?
Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Electoral College yes, in favor
Senators appointed by legislature no, not in favor
Don’t get me wrong, I’m in favor of Electoral College reform. I think in particular unbinding electors is necessary, as is doing away with the “winner-take-all” distribution of electors. And while uncapping the House isn’t EC reform per se, doing so would make a drastic improvement to how representative the EC would be. These three things would fix most of the problems with the EC, ranked-choice voting or similar would take care of the rest.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
that you weren’t instantly permabanned from slrpnk for saying this
Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
You mean the instance that hosts the “not voting” community? I think I’ll be fine.
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Mysteriarch@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
It’s not though. It could be the point in some cases. But often enough, constitutions have been granted as concessions from the sovereign to whatever group was putting up pressure, often the nobility, who had no further intent to introduce a republic or democracy or whatever else. Just looking out for their own interests.