Direct Democracy And The Constitution?
November 11th, 2015
Democracy from the Greek dêmos (δῆμος, which means “people”) and krátos (κράτος, which means “force” or “power”). I’m sure our founding father’s didn’t want to make the same mistakes the ancient Greeks made but still there had to be a form of government where the people had the power to rule themselves. That’s the best way to minimize corruption and oppression isn’t it? The best answer of our forefathers time was a representative democracy and I think it still is but it’s certainly not the only answer. Direct or (pure) democracy may work just as well or better than today’s representative democracy. Direct democracy is when each citizen gets a vote toward the solution of any governmental issue. The Greeks failed because of the human condition. The many are not always correct or uncorruptible as was shown with the execution of Socrates. I imagine another reason it failed would be logistics. It’s very difficult to run a government on a show of hands or white stone (yes) black stone (no). Paper ballots run into difficulty even in our current age but what about a personal computer. If everyone 18 or older could cast their vote on a secure sight. Direct democracy could work in this day better than it could in any day before it.
Every seat of the American Government could remain, with Congress introducing bills with a responsibility of trying to sway the vote with information. The people could vote on the bills and the President could pass or veto them. The only other difference is the Supreme Court would not only rule on the Constitutionality of bills but of vetos as well. It’d work like a charm. I don’t support it at this time though.
Our Government is a cross between Greek and Roman government with many original aspects as well. I believe the Constitution should be changed as a matter of need not want. There should be nothing an amendment won’t fix but should only be used if there’s certain undesirable ends. Though I don’t think direct democracy should be implemented lightly the threat of direct democracy should keep our legislators honest and doing the right thing. Many American people are not idiots but there are some in Government that would like them to be. With the amount of free time that can be gained with Occupational Parenting it would allow for plenty of time for political awareness and involvement.
America can do what many think can’t be done; a Government for and of the people by the grace of the God. Until next time, keep your homes well,
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