Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-174.22.192.132-20161104024309/@comment-25012056-20161215111125

Rocket Engineer wrote: ZTrok wrote: The U.S is classified as a democracy whether you like it or not, it's a fact. And honestly there is no "real" democracy as it is more of an idea rather than a physical thing, thus it can vary based on the person. How is the U.S. a democracy? Do all the people vote on every single issue that comes up? It's a democratic republic (or federal republic, It depends on who you ask).

@Catfishperson

Yeah, religion has been discussed before here and it didn't end well (were you here for that? I can't remember). Of the three forbidden topics (politics, religion, and the Great Pumpkin), religion is definitely the most dangerous to discuss.

@Grievous1138

I suppose that's technically our fault, since the people are supposed to act as a check on the government, and make a huge fuss when the Constitution is used as toilet paper.

The people should have more power or at least be better represented in my opinion. If representatives of the people aren't going to do what the people want, they shouldn't pretend they are. I'm also going to take this as a chance to take a potshot at the electoral college. People say it's great for giving smaller states "a say;" yet it still doesn't work that way. Smaller states with less than a certain population - Wyoming and North Dakota, for example - cannon have any lower than three electoral votes, while larger states are capped. That sounds well and good for states having a say, but answer me this: What makes the say of one person in Wyoming worth more than four in New York? The answer is that nothing should. If all people are equal, then why do votes not count so?

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 11:11, December 15, 2016 (UTC)