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The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy (www.seattletimes.com)

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A resolution called for ending the ability to vote for U.S. senators. Instead, senators would get appointed by state legislatures, as it generally worked 110 years ago prior to the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913.

“We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool,” was how one GOP delegate put it to the convention. “We do not want to be a democracy.”

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[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 70 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It must be exhausting to be a conservative.

A republic is a type of democracy.

So it's really really stupid to be shitting on democracy if you want a republic.

But they don't actually want a republic; they want an oligarchy in which society is reordered back into the hierarchies where they were unquestionably on top.

I'm so goddamn sick of the pseudo-intellectual talk-radio drivel spewed by brainwormed self-serving reactionaries being treated like it has any merit whatsoever (not by this article, just in general).

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 11 points 8 months ago

It brings to mind that popular post that said conservatism has one value: there must be in groups the law protects but does not bind, and outgroups that the law binds but does not protect.

Everything else is just trying to dress that up.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's exhausting just being a person now. Every single politician, every single company, in every single country, is fully dedicated to stripping out the good things in the systems we were born into, all for their personal gain.

I make an exception to the statement above for Bernie Sanders. He actually cares about the people and the country, and someone recently burned his office down because of it.