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ThirstenHowl · M
I think it has
The bar to getting a more modern constitution is too high (too many red states would have to ratify it, and why would they want to give up their minoritarian advantage granted to them by the current constitution?)
There are no rules specified for how an Article V convention would actually be carried out either ... more of the half-assed job the "founding fathers" did
So without a civil war and dissolution of the current nation, replaced by one or more successor nations, or a sudden evolution spurt in the conservative mindset in red states, the future is bleak, particularly given how much power this nation wields against other nations (now dipshit is threatening tariffs on any countries that don't go along with his desire to take over Greenland ... this is exactly the kind of dictator shit our constitution should prevent)
The bar to getting a more modern constitution is too high (too many red states would have to ratify it, and why would they want to give up their minoritarian advantage granted to them by the current constitution?)
There are no rules specified for how an Article V convention would actually be carried out either ... more of the half-assed job the "founding fathers" did
So without a civil war and dissolution of the current nation, replaced by one or more successor nations, or a sudden evolution spurt in the conservative mindset in red states, the future is bleak, particularly given how much power this nation wields against other nations (now dipshit is threatening tariffs on any countries that don't go along with his desire to take over Greenland ... this is exactly the kind of dictator shit our constitution should prevent)