[mrbungie]

The point here is that "democratically passed legislature" is not at people's service.

[analog31]

An elected legislature is a pipe dream in a country with gerrymandering.

[SauciestGNU]

Forget gerrymandering, a representative government is impossible as long as the Senate still gives the same weight to the 15 people in North Dakota as it does the 40 million in California.

[xyzzy4747]

It's the least bad system.

[OutOfHere]

It's legalized corruption to the max. It's the worst implementation of the least bad system.

[xyzzy4747]

If the U.S. is leading the world's economy with high standards of living, maybe it is only a bad implementation in some aspects but not all.