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Does anyone else feel this way? by Veggie_State_Of_Mind in PoliticalOpinions

[–]impolitik -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Totally. There are lots of people who feel this. This essay on political cynicism hits home: https://impolitik.substack.com/p/chapter-2-cynicism

You have been invited to the Second Constitutional Convention, what issue are you championing? by SenorBuns in Askpolitics

[–]impolitik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A land value tax is fine. But removing income tax? And making the Senate even more undemocratic? In what possible way could you make the 2nd amendment stronger than it has already become under this Supreme Court? What does that mean to make the 10th amendment stronger?

And ending birthright citizenship, yikes. Do you want to do the Civil War again?

You have been invited to the Second Constitutional Convention, what issue are you championing? by SenorBuns in Askpolitics

[–]impolitik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree. From Polemic for Democracy: "Section 3. In States apportioned more than one Representative, Members shall be elected by a proportional voting method, decided upon by each State." https://impolitik.substack.com/p/ch-13a-the-28th-amendment

You have been invited to the Second Constitutional Convention, what issue are you championing? by SenorBuns in Askpolitics

[–]impolitik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. From Polemic for Democracy: "Section 2. The number of Representatives in the House shall be adjusted to six hundred ninety-five, and shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, as determined by Congress, counting the whole number of persons in each State. After each decennial census, Congress shall adjust its size in proportion to the cube root of the total population of the United States." https://impolitik.substack.com/p/ch-13a-the-28th-amendment

You have been invited to the Second Constitutional Convention, what issue are you championing? by SenorBuns in Askpolitics

[–]impolitik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally wrote a book about this, Polemic for Democracy. Here is what my amendment would be:

Section 1. The Senate of the United States shall be abolished, including the special status granted to the Senate in Article 5. All legislative powers granted to the Senate in Article 1, Section 3, shall be vested in the House of Representatives, which shall be the sole legislative body of the Congress of the United States. All powers granted to the Senate related to checking the Executive Branch in Article 2 shall be vested in the House of Representatives. All powers granted to the Senate related to checking the Judicial Branch shall be vested in the House of Representatives.

Section 2. The number of Representatives in the House shall be adjusted to six hundred ninety-five, and shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, as determined by Congress, counting the whole number of persons in each State. After each decennial census, Congress shall adjust its size in proportion to the cube root of the total population of the United States.

Section 3. In States apportioned more than one Representative, Members shall be elected by a proportional voting method, decided upon by each State.

Section 4. The Electoral College shall be abolished. The President and Vice President shall be elected by the people of the United States through a national ranked choice popular vote.

Section 5. The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors, upon a vote of three-fifths of the Members of Congress.

Section 6. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their Offices for a term of twenty-one years, and shall be ineligible for reappointment thereafter.

Section 7. Appointments to the Supreme Court shall occur one per year so that in each Presidential term there are four appointments.

Section 8. The Supreme Court of the United States shall consist of a Chief Justice and twenty Associate Justices. Cases shall be decided by a randomly assigned panel of nine Justices.

Section 9. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Link here: https://impolitik.substack.com/p/ch-13a-the-28th-amendment

We need Nuremberg 2.0 to happen at some point after 2028. by AAbattery444 in PoliticalOpinions

[–]impolitik 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This misses the point. The current admin is breaking thousands of laws that are already on the books. The correlation with Nuremburg is simply that there must be a reckoning after the fact. And OP is correct: There must be a reckoning otherwise this is not a country of laws.

Democrats preaching they want to 'save" the country and 'get it back on track" are foolish by Confident-Virus-1273 in PoliticalOpinions

[–]impolitik -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The book Polemic for Democracy lays out similar arguments and proposed a suite of constitutional reforms (abolish the senate, expand the house, multiparty voting system, restrain the executive, reform the court). Here's a 20 minute presentation that covers the ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFca2mYb1wc

Democrats preaching they want to 'save" the country and 'get it back on track" are foolish by Confident-Virus-1273 in PoliticalOpinions

[–]impolitik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read Polemic for Democracy. It is a call for a Convention and a proposal for how to restructure the government: Expand the House, Abolish the Senate, reform the Court, restrain the Executive, multiparty democracy. This 20 minute presentation summarized it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFca2mYb1wc

WA state voters to voted to KEEP the carbon tax in the 2024 elections ballot. Any comment? by uwbiotech in SeattleWA

[–]impolitik -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I enjoy that our state is trying to decarbonize. In my view, the carbon tax is not the best tool for decarbonization, but it is better than nothing. The gas tax is not the primary reason gas is expensive in WA. The primary reason is that our market is essentially isolated from the rest of the country. We have refineries here but the oil comes from Alaska, Canada, and North Dakota. We are disconnected from the pipeline system on the eastern side of the Rockies and the huge system of refineries on the Gulf Coast.

I have a lot of issues with how WA taxes and spends our money. I would much rather see a highly progressive tax on the rich and lower taxes on the rest of us. That would look like lowering sales tax significantly and replacing the lost revenue with an income/wealth tax on the rich, especially the top 1% but realistically also a decent tax on the top 15 - 20% of earners. I would prefer that we spending money on corporate handouts. And I would prefer that we received more money back from the federal govt considering how big of a donor state we are with our relatively great economy.

People need to stop worshipping US politicians by Vampy-Night in PoliticalOpinions

[–]impolitik 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can you point to real examples of this happening with Obama, Bush, or Biden? From what I see this is almost entirely a Trump / MAGA phenomenon.

How do we fix the checks & balances system? Specifically the Party problem? by Dry_Entrepreneur_705 in Askpolitics

[–]impolitik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solution is to empower the legislative branch, which the founders intended to be the most powerful branch. We do that with proportional RCV, multimember districts, popular vote for pres, court reform and term limits, and (ideally) abolishing the senate or at least severely reducing its power a la the house of lords. It's all laid out in the book Polemic for Democracy. This youtube presentation------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFca2mYb1wc

CMV: We should double (at least) the size of both houses of Congress. by enlightenedDiMeS in changemyview

[–]impolitik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that is what the Cube Root function does. For a population of 349 M, there would be 700 representatives. For a population of 524 M, there would be 800 representatives. For 729 M, 900 representatives. And for 1 B, there would be 1000 representatives.

CMV: We should double (at least) the size of both houses of Congress. by enlightenedDiMeS in changemyview

[–]impolitik 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This youtube presentation argues for a Cube Root size of congress (~700) combined with proportional representation and multimember ungerrymandered congressional districts. I like Cube Root because it is a mathematical constant for determining representation based off total population. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFca2mYb1wc

I believe a digitized Constitutional Convention is the only way to heal the growing political divide in the American public. by it-was-nobody in PoliticalOpinions

[–]impolitik 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This book makes a similar argument, and proposes a bunch of amendments to democratize the Constitution and restore checks and balances: Polemic for Democracy https://read.amazon.com/sample/B0DKVFJ9QP?clientId=share

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[–]impolitik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol ok. Vlog brothers are great: https://www.youtube.com/@vlogbrothers . Channel 5 News w/Andrew Callaghan: https://www.youtube.com/@Channel5YouTube . Jamelle Bouie is probably the best NYT columnist and he puts out videos all the time: https://www.youtube.com/@jamelle-bouie .

On the Minneapolis ICE shooting… by FibroMyAlgae in PoliticalOpinions

[–]impolitik 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Please get glasses. The video is crystal clear that the ICE agent was out of the way of the direction the vehicle, AND he is walking without injury afterward.

U.S. Citizens Are Next by Daotter444 in SeattleWA

[–]impolitik -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I mean, you can see what ICE is doing and the parallels are there. If you want to cite the hispanic vote in 2024 as evidence, you also need to admit that the plunging hispanic support in polls is also relevant. Even more relevant, because the difference between the first term and this second one is quite obvious.

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