[mcmcmc]

> the essence of government is autocratic sovereignty

*was

Democracy was and is radical for putting the common people in charge of the government. The right to petition for redress of grievances is literally in the first amendment. Government is a social contract, enforced with state violence on one end and mob violence on the other.

If you want to return to autocratic rule, I hear North Korea is lovely this time of year.

[JackFr]

More importantly in the United States we have certain rights which cannot be abridged, even by a majority of the electorate though the government.

[Geezus_42]

Except the politicians just ask their rich friends to do the things they aren't allowed to do and then act like there's nothing they can do.

[mcmcmc]

And that makes autocracy better somehow? Democracies are designed to evolve. If government corruption is a problem, we as citizens have the power to change that. Laws can be passed to add controls, fund enforcement, require transparency.

Write to your reps and demand it. Call their offices and rattle their gates. If they don’t make it happen, vote in someone who will.

[Geezus_42]

I never said autocracy is better. I hope you are right. I do vote for people who at least appear to lean towards my ideal. The problem is being surrounded by people who are indoctrinated to vote the opposite, and being let down by the few who do win. There do appear to be pockets where good things are happening on the local level, but at the national level it's a shit show.

[Geezus_42]

I never said autocracy is better. We already have laws against a great number of things that are currently happening, but they are either enforced selectively or not at all. For many of what I would consider the most aggregious violations, even when punishments are handed down they are so weak that they do nothing to deter the crime. Companies literally figure the fines for laws they know they are breaking into their budget and people keep pretending like the system works.