Power to the people

Why general public can't vote on all major issues, instead delegating it to single person be it president , politician etc, there's technology for that log on with your id and vote , it's just wrong for one person do decide for everyone what should be done, like mr Harper from Canada supporting Ukraine when most Canadians are against?

 

Obviously you've never experienced the wonder of group dynamics, such as a group of coworkers agreeing on where to go to lunch or how to split the tab, or a bunch of family members trying to agree on a group outing during a family reunion or holiday...

Go visit your local school board or PTA meeting. You'll instantly see the downsides of "decision by committee"....

 

This is nonsense, majority wins, how do u think current elections are done ? The most voted for someone makes him a winner, the question should be like that:should Canada support Ukraine , then the voting starts , let's say for a week , 51 % voted no, topic is closed

 

The simple reason is our Constitution did not establish a pure democracy.

And for good reason.

 

what is the reason?

 

Basically to guard against what is called "tyranny of the majority."

Unfortunately, we are getting closer to that all the time.

Don't forget, the Founders were well-educated men of wealth and accomplishment. They limited voting originally to male property owners. Their idea, which we can see today makes a lot of sense, is that you should have a stake in the system before you start getting a voice in how to run it.

 

We knew that democracy wouldn't turn out well because of the tyranny of the majority.

Now we know that a republic didn't turn out well because of the tyranny of the gov't.

 

i am concerned about tyranny of the federal govt because power was usurped from the states... originally the state legislature chose how senators were elected. If senators were still tied in that closely to states i doubt we would have seen this massive expansion of the federal govt.

I suspect the federal govt would be working for the states.

 

Let's try the tyranny of the minority!!

Oh, wait. That's the TP.

 

We got "tyranny of the government" because the government (especially executive branch) kept infringing on their Constitutional limitations.... and nobody stopped them when they should have.