Manish Vij‘As designers of the #Constitution… Federalist leaders like Adams and Alexander Hamilton… viewed their own interests and the nation's interests as one and the same… recoiled at the thought of yielding power’
—“Tyranny of the Minority,” Levitsky & Ziblatt
Manish VijHamilton: we must ‘prevent an atheist… from getting possession of the helm of the state’
They considered overthrowing their own republic when they lost an election to Jefferson!
Manish VijThe US constitution was designed as an ownership agreement among plantation slavers, and needs a ground-up rewrite for a multiethnic republic.
Collette Lynner@vij@sfba.social interesting take -- I wouldn't be able to defend it tho because I'm not that good at debate. Where would you even start (with the rewrite,) I wonder
Manish Vij@collette@sfba.social One person, one vote: dissolve Senate and electoral college, most votes for president wins, ban partisan state election officials, replace gerrymander with nonpartisan commissions or math
Align incentives: easier ballot access, some form of ranked choice voting, promote in fed gov for peace health and wealth not war procedures and grifting, ban soft bribes and revolving door, publicly fund elections, ban dark money, shorten cycle