Jaha
14th December 2003, 05:58
I was thinking about the way our government is set up and i thought you would all be interested....
the US, it would seem, only has enough democracy to avoid a dictator. the power is still focused incredibly. watch:
one constitutional amendment requires 2/3 of all senates (state and federal) to have a 2/3 majority.
that works out to 4/9 of all US (state and federal) senators need to vote yes on an amendment.
there are 5100 senators in the US. 5100 times 4/9 is 2266.7
therefore it takes only 2267 people to amend the constitution
only 2267 people to take away any of the rights we all hold dear (an amendment can erase the freedom of speech or any other freedom)
there are 281,000,000 people in the US
that means it takes 0.0008% of the entire population of the united states of america to take way our freedoms
in my opinion, we should hesitate to call the US a democracy
ahama
the US, it would seem, only has enough democracy to avoid a dictator. the power is still focused incredibly. watch:
one constitutional amendment requires 2/3 of all senates (state and federal) to have a 2/3 majority.
that works out to 4/9 of all US (state and federal) senators need to vote yes on an amendment.
there are 5100 senators in the US. 5100 times 4/9 is 2266.7
therefore it takes only 2267 people to amend the constitution
only 2267 people to take away any of the rights we all hold dear (an amendment can erase the freedom of speech or any other freedom)
there are 281,000,000 people in the US
that means it takes 0.0008% of the entire population of the united states of america to take way our freedoms
in my opinion, we should hesitate to call the US a democracy
ahama