An open letter to the American nation
Jun. 26th, 2005 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Dear... all of you,
You don't need self-determination. Really, you don't. You didn't have to leave, and you didn't have to set up your own government. All that "hold these truths to be self-evident" stuff*, much overrated. And listening to Montesquieu is just silly. To start with, nobody can spell "Montesquieu", and if you hadn't listened to him, then you wouldn't need to, hmmm?
Furthermore, Congress is much too complicated, federalism involves too many access points, and Political Action Committees are a needless addition to the universe as a whole.** In fact, you'd all be much better off with a constitutional monarchy, an uncodified constitution and a political system that differs not the slightest from a representative European democracy.
I say this with love.
With regards,
~Raven
*A2 Government and Politics Module Five, UK and UK Comparative Government
**A2 Goverment and Politics Module Four, The Politics of the USA, c.f. AS Module Three, Features of a Representative Democracy
You don't need self-determination. Really, you don't. You didn't have to leave, and you didn't have to set up your own government. All that "hold these truths to be self-evident" stuff*, much overrated. And listening to Montesquieu is just silly. To start with, nobody can spell "Montesquieu", and if you hadn't listened to him, then you wouldn't need to, hmmm?
Furthermore, Congress is much too complicated, federalism involves too many access points, and Political Action Committees are a needless addition to the universe as a whole.** In fact, you'd all be much better off with a constitutional monarchy, an uncodified constitution and a political system that differs not the slightest from a representative European democracy.
I say this with love.
With regards,
~Raven
*A2 Government and Politics Module Five, UK and UK Comparative Government
**A2 Goverment and Politics Module Four, The Politics of the USA, c.f. AS Module Three, Features of a Representative Democracy
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on 2005-06-26 06:44 pm (UTC)But... it's not really federalism anymore, anyway. It's more, "whatever catches Dubyah's fancy at the moment"/"lets pander to the religious right" type thing. ^_~/X_x
I kind of miss when they weren't trying to fuck up the constitution. *le sigh*
-Meredith
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on 2005-06-26 06:47 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-06-26 07:24 pm (UTC)I'm sure that in future, we'll all try to be considerate and temper our rebellious tendencies so your exams will stay concise. *grin*
*and sends good-luck vibes*
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on 2005-06-26 07:31 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-06-26 08:17 pm (UTC)Good luck with your revision.
-Meredith
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on 2005-06-26 10:22 pm (UTC)sometimes i feel as if i'm living in my least favorite kind of story... only it's really happening and all i can say is *meep*.
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on 2005-06-27 12:25 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-06-27 12:54 pm (UTC)