Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, writes columnist Danny Westneat.

A resolution called for ending the ability to vote for U.S. senators. Instead, senators would get appointed by state legislatures, as it generally worked 110 years ago prior to the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913.

“We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool,” was how one GOP delegate put it to the convention. “We do not want to be a democracy.”

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    It must be exhausting to be a conservative.

    A republic is a type of democracy.

    So it’s really really stupid to be shitting on democracy if you want a republic.

    But they don’t actually want a republic; they want an oligarchy in which society is reordered back into the hierarchies where they were unquestionably on top.

    I’m so goddamn sick of the pseudo-intellectual talk-radio drivel spewed by brainwormed self-serving reactionaries being treated like it has any merit whatsoever (not by this article, just in general).