Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
As an outsider i feel the only viable way for america to unfuck itself is to throw the current constitution into the sea and start over from scratch, presumably resulting in multiple new countries that maybe form something like the EU (or as another person said, outright join the EU).
It’s the same situation as the USSR ended in, the concept of “the USA” is falling apart at the seams and if you try to mend it back together you’ll just get a heap of mismatched fabric.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
The Constitution is great, it has been inspiration for every Democracy that has followed. The problem is that it relies on people following it in good faith, and we have cultivated a certain segment of our population who don’t believe in good faith, because they are intrinsically bad people.
We don’t have to do something about the Constitution, we have to something about the bad people who want to exploit it, as well as the weak cowards who allow it. They’re just as bad.
BenLeMan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s the catch, though. You cannot change people. Gotta work with what you got.