Grassroots — on the undemocratic nature of the U.S. Senate — is on The Progressive Populist Web site.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet
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*** begin quote *** It’s time to dismantle the United States Senate and replace it with a more democratic institution.*** end quote *** Democracy is mob rule and the anathema to the concept of the republic. The change from the States selecting Senators allowed the Federal Gooferment to create all sorts of unfunded mandates. We need the tempering of the passions of the day.You may just get your wish of a more \”democratic\” state. When secession makes all the states go in their own direction, then you can run your state anyway you want. But, you won't have the big federal gooferment to loot the productive class for your schemes. You won't even have the rich to loot in your own state as even more producers vote with their feet.Freedom and liberty is man's natural state, because that's the Plan. No one can drive a man harder than he can himself. You'll be like the aristocrats of France that can't see the revolution coming.The Dead Old White Guys were pretty smart, but they knew the problems of \”democracy\”. Too bad we can't see as well.
Having state legislatures select our senators proved to be a failure, why do I have to keep repeating this over and over. Many states became so embroiled in political battles that some states did not or could not select a senator for years. Maybe libertarians don't give a damn if they have or don't have representation in the Senate but the residents of those states were quite upset that they did not have senatorial representation. Libertarians hate government and hate the people (democracy), check. Or is it libertarians hate the federal government, which the old dead white guys formulated but libertarians like state governments? State legislatures and the governors are all voted into office by the people (democracy). Oh, God forbid the people have a say in their government (democracy). So let me get this straight, libertarians want to repeal the seventeenth amendment because it gives the people too many rights and too much input into their government but libertarians do want politicians selecting senators, not the people, the same politicians which libertarians revile?We are a representative democracy or a republic or a democratic republic.Nobody wants mob rule, that's the usual red herring but I do want more democracy, more participation of the people in our government or governmental processes.Libertarians hate government so you would think that they would want more democracy. They hate government so much why would they even care if we had a democracy. They like big government more than \”mob rule?\”The founding fathers only wanted white male land owners voting.