US Politics on Yik Yak | Yes, the Senate is undemocratic The founding fathers DESIGNED IT that way. You couldn’t even directly elect your senator until 1913. It’s democracy of the United STATES not United people

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Yes, the Senate is undemocratic The founding fathers DESIGNED IT that way. You couldn’t even directly elect your senator until 1913. It’s democracy of the United STATES not United people

Anonymous 21h

I don’t understand the point of saying this. I know it’s deliberate. That doesn’t mean we can’t or shouldn’t change it

Anonymous 20h

And we did a whole amendment because we recognized it should be different

Anonymous 23h

I think that switching to the direct election of senators and putting live broadcast cameras in the chamber were mistakes.

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Anonymous

#2 20h

Right? Like should we take voting rights away from black people and women because that’s how it was originally designed? Really dumb post

Anonymous

#1 17h

I’m personally very iffy on the whole cameras in the chambers thing. On one hand it gives the average person a look at what’s going on with those who represent them in government but also in the last decade I feel like every hearing I watch gets either completely or partially turned into a wannabe drama reality show where some congresspeople are causing shit just because they know the news will see it. Maybe we would benefit more from a Supreme Court esque system with audio only?

Anonymous

#5 1h

seeing stuff like Lindsey Graham (i think) voting for other non present members was pretty telling tho