Another example of why democracy does not work at least in its current form. So is democracy really something that countries and people should be pursuing?
Example: US presidential election. I'm not the worst enemy of Trump and I'm not his supporter either, but I still can easily understand why many people voted for him. He was direct and gave simple answers to (seemingly) simple problems and what's more, he actually has kept his promises so far. I can't say I remember any politician ever doing what they promised during the elections, but Trump has done it.
Still person like Trump with his ideas is not fit to be the president of United States or any other country either really for the obvious reasons that have been discussed here as well many times. However, as long as we live in democracy things like Trump can and will keep on happening. I hate to sound arrogant, but if you give equal rights to vote for all people despite their level of education, understanding of the world, politics, environment and many other things there will be more Trumps and other kinds of problems. I'm not trying to support dictatorship, but instead maybe there could be some kind of limited/modified democracy or something which is somewhere in the middle of dictatorship and democracy.
Considering the current events, I don't think there will be much choice soon.
That's what the Constitution is for in a democratic republic, like the U.S. It limits the damage a single populist can cause to our lasting institutions.
Unfortunately, it's eroded over time. When we want big government policies, we don't care if it's truly regulating commerce "among the several states", and we don't bother to amend the Constitution to add the powers we feel are appropriate.
Out of all the people that want gun control, none advocate for an amendment to revoke the second. They all seem to conveniently believe that it's constitutional. I understand why some people feel that way, but surely a reading of the second amendment would lead some of them to want to revoke it, but it doesn't, because nobody cares what the second amendment or any other part of the Constitution says.
I exaggerated. But very few people bother to say it should be revoked/amended compared to the number that just don't care.
Edit: interesting article, but he is not claiming that his preferred policies are unconstitutional, and that we should change the Constitution to allow them. He is saying that they are already constitutional, and we should update the amendment to more closely match his interpretation.
That doesn't require any courage. It's just another way of saying "I'm right; let's update the text to say so."
No, because he's also saying that it's already constitutional, and he just wants to add the text to end arguments against him.
It doesn't have to be courageous. But it's not a counterexample to my point that people don't care what the Constitution says -- they only care about their policies and conveniently find that the Constitution allows them.
A few great shames IMO have been the steady evisceration of the 10th Amendment by Supreme Court rulings and the passage of the 17th Amendment (which made Senators elected by popular vote). At least the latter was done correctly and constitutionally, but I think having one part of the legislature one step removed from the voting population is a good thing.
Example: US presidential election. I'm not the worst enemy of Trump and I'm not his supporter either, but I still can easily understand why many people voted for him. He was direct and gave simple answers to (seemingly) simple problems and what's more, he actually has kept his promises so far. I can't say I remember any politician ever doing what they promised during the elections, but Trump has done it.
Still person like Trump with his ideas is not fit to be the president of United States or any other country either really for the obvious reasons that have been discussed here as well many times. However, as long as we live in democracy things like Trump can and will keep on happening. I hate to sound arrogant, but if you give equal rights to vote for all people despite their level of education, understanding of the world, politics, environment and many other things there will be more Trumps and other kinds of problems. I'm not trying to support dictatorship, but instead maybe there could be some kind of limited/modified democracy or something which is somewhere in the middle of dictatorship and democracy.
Considering the current events, I don't think there will be much choice soon.