Comments by "No Fate But What We Make" (@SonoftheAllfather) on "Refuting Direct Democracy" video.

The Founding Fathers considered all of these contingencies and installed checks and balances as a result. The architects of our Constitution were geniuses in relative comparison to the average American baying for direct democracy.
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LegoGuy87 true that. And the only people that could theoretically vote to change that are the very people whose power it would impact. I support Trump's plan: 6 years for House members, 12 years for senators.
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@nms void: That is a Valknut, and the birds on your necklace are not crows, they are Óðinn's ravens, Huginn and Muninn. The Valknut is a symbol found on many ancient Norse artifacts. Its meaning is disputed, but most scholars interpret it as a symbol venerating the dead, in particular fallen warriors. The etymology of the word comes from Old Norse valr, "slain warriors" and knut, "knot"). Your grandfather apparently had at least an interest in the Æsir, if he was not an outright pagan. You should cherish that gift he gave to you.
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Browns Fan the Left only wants to change the system to a popular vote to enslave all of us. They champion and defend the electoral college when they win the election. Yet, they criticize and denounce it when they lose, because they almost always win the popular vote. They win the popular vote because non-Whites all vote disproportionately Left wing. Ergo, the Left also supports the mass unfettered invasion of this country by Third World non-Whites and even supports illegal immigrant voting (I wonder why). They also own the media, academia, the film industry, the tech industry and almost every other vehicle for propaganda. You want to move to popular vote because you know it would turn this country into a socialist, multicultural, mob-ruled, one-party, authoritarian Hell state. We all see through your deception.
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Quote fail.
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Anyone that's having a bad day: just drink 5 cups of coffee and pay homage at the Temple of Iron and you'll feel better. Oh, and stop watching porn. That's about it.
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Great quote drop. Perfect.
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@ James Fehr: They espoused varying beliefs, but came to compromises through discourse that (in comparison with modern standards) was highly civilized. They were surely more able, efficient, and cohesive than the 115th U.S. Congress; I don't think that is even debatable.
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Kaze I couldn't disagree more. The "corrupt imbeciles" are the career politicians, beholden to and owned by corporate interests, and they're the reason nothing ever gets done in DC. New blood would represent the will of the people, not the will of lobbyists, multinational corporations, and international banking cartels. "Business as usual" is not conducive to national growth anymore, if it ever was. Political office should be viewed as a civil service, not a lucrative money making venture. Money should not be involved in politics. The United States is still a great nation and always has been. Some of the changes were actually fantastic for this country, we just lost our way in the 60s and never fully recovered. Change could mean a border Wall. Change could mean revising the 14th amendment. Change could mean immigration reform back to a Johnson-Reed style system. Change could mean a reversal of the welfare state. Change could mean banning affirmative action. Change could mean eliminating Common Core. Change could mean massive tax reform. Change could mean eliminating corporate welfare. Change could mean decentralization of government. Change could mean eliminating term limits. Change can be good. The establishment is for globalism, socialism, multiculturalism, chaos, and corruption. Their power must be mitigated and returned to the people before it's too late.
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@ Rick McConnell: Ted Cruz, evangelicon that he is, proposed a term limit amendment recently. I don't know for sure if it got shot down, but I believe it did.
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@ PHeMoX: What's funny is someone like yourself critiquing a group of men that created something a million times more important than anything you'll ever create. That is not a personal snub, that is just the fact of the matter. I won't create anything more meaningful than this country's foundations in my lifetime either. I at least have the humility to realize the truth. I also didn't say they were geniuses. I said they were geniuses in comparison to most Americans that advocate for something as fucking idiotic as direct democracy. Part of their brilliance was identifying that the Roman Republican system was superior to various forms of autocratic rule, oligarchy, direct democracy, or pre-Marxist socialism like the agrarian socialism proposed by the English Diggers. The Founding Fathers borrowed elements of the Roman system, but heavily refined it. The Roman system did not have a separate judicial branch. The U.S. Congress is bicameral. Rome had a provision for a dictator to take over, the U.S. does not. Roman senators served for life. Rome did not have separation of church and state; Roman consuls had religious duties. Rome also did not have a formal Constitution or Bill of Rights. I'm just naming a few...
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