Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "Ted Cruz Introduces Congressional Term Limit Amendment" video.

  1. The popular election of the senate is a serious perversion of the founders' vision. Not only does it castrate the states' influence in the federation, it degrades the senate with status seekers and political climbers. I'm hoping for a constitutional convention where this could be a happy surprise: back to state appointment of senators. Corruption is necessary to make the current degree of perverted government structure functional; any more corrupt and it becomes dysfunctional. Corruption is how incompetence covers its ass: "I know we're not supposed to do it this way, but I screwed up; so if you help me salvage my rep, I'll owe you one, for when YOU screw up...one hand washes the other..." At least, that's how it begins. The evolution of corruption deserves some small attention, when you remember that this is how the world has ALWAYS worked. "Stamp out corruption!"? Not until you've stamped out PEOPLE.
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