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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill we ever have a government of the people, by the people, for the people again?
I'm pretty sure not. $$$ $$$
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Will we ever have a government of the people, by the people, for the people again? (Original Post)
whatchamacallit
Sep 2013
OP
You do know at the founding of this nation the only people who could vote were propertied white men.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2013
#6
unblock
(52,243 posts)1. wait, we did at some point?
between the end of slavery, suffrage, and civil rights laws, , we're actually much closer to that ideal than in lincoln's day.
notwithstanding the corrupting effect of $$$, which has *always* been a feature of this country (as well as many others).
City Lights
(25,171 posts)2. Not in my lifetime.
Of that I am sure.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)3. We never had one to begin with
Was it more democratic than the rest? Sure . But there have always been the powerful and the less powerful.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)4. What is this "government of the people"
Of which you speak?
Speed8098
(1,655 posts)5. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
no
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)6. You do know at the founding of this nation the only people who could vote were propertied white men.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)7. Again? We're far closer to it now than we have been.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)8. Only if you become a 1%er or incorporate.