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    1 天前

    It never was. It’s a constitutional republic created to benefit slave-owning, white, male property owners.

    The constitution should’ve been burned and rewritten multiple times already. An archaic, 250-year-old document isn’t relevant in modern times.

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      8 小时前

      Exactly. More to the point, it was designed to be rewritten and modified. The founders knew it would need to be changed. The problem is, the USA has become so big, and we’ve made it so hard to do so.

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        Well, basically the entire thing. The changes needed to truly democratize and modernize the document would require a complete rewrite.

        There’s many things that need changing, but some of the basics would be to abolish the senate to eliminate disproportionate representation that led to the coup we just experienced, for one. The establishment of a true parliamentary system where representatives can be recalled at any time, second. Then, minimizing and subjugating the power of the executive and courts to parliament.

        I would prefer the parliament nominate a prime minister who serves at the will of the people and can be dismissed at any time, and not have complete control over the military and bureaucracy.

        Prevention and punishment for political corruption needs to be baked into the constitution to ensure politicians truly serve as servants to the public will and are forbidden from pursuing their own financial interests in office.

        I could go on and on about more specific things like the right to arms, but I’d I have to write an essay.

        The framers themselves intended for the document to be rewritten over time. Jefferson said the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of tyrants, or something that effect.