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Post by Immanuel on Nov 7, 2019 12:35:59 GMT -5
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Post by 溪山 on Nov 8, 2019 1:01:08 GMT -5
Is there a solution to political polarization?  Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. |
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Post by Immanuel on Nov 8, 2019 1:41:45 GMT -5
I hope so.  Two cents: The Constitution, as brilliant and delicate as it is, still is embedded with flaws by default of its original intent and design. The major one is that it is built upon the distrust of authority or elite rule and the idolization of the conscience and consensus of the public or the mass. In another word, it actually encourages divisiveness and competition, rather than unity and collaboration. In this light, partisanship and polarization of the mass is born of its DNA. And it is a common phenomenon and the main storyline of American history. Today’s anxiety and distaste seems only peculiar and abnormal for the time after the Cold War. It is, however, a noble expectation. Yet may not be that justifiable, at least not so according to the machinery and spirit of this founding design. |
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Post by 溪山 on Nov 9, 2019 2:14:11 GMT -5
Wow, thanks for sharing your enlightening thoughts!
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