Dahl Dahls argument What couldnt the Framers know
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Dahl
Dahl’s argument • What couldn’t the Framers know? What did they get wrong? • How is the Constitution undemocratic? • What is his take-home message?
Dahl’s argument • The Constitution is not a sacred text • Our system does not live up to modern democratic standards • Our system of government is no better than other democratic systems
Other democratic systems aren’t like ours! • Other systems are? • Unitary, not federal
Federal Unitary Austria Costa Rica Australia Denmark Canada Finland Germany France Switzerland Iceland Belgium Ireland United States Israel Italy Japan Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Sweden United Kingdom
Other democratic systems aren’t like ours! • Other systems are: • Unitary, not federal • Unicameral (not bicameral) legislatures
Bicameral Unicameral Australia Costa Rica Germany Denmark Switzerland Finland United States France Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Sweden United Kingdom Belgium Austria
Other democratic systems aren’t like ours! • • Other systems are: Unitary, not federal Unicameral (not bicameral) legislatures No judicial review – Except USA, Canada, Germany
Other democratic systems aren’t like ours! • • • Other systems are: Unitary, not federal Unicameral (not bicameral) legislatures No judicial review Parliamentary not separated system – USA the only separated system
Other democratic systems aren’t like ours! • • • Other systems are: Unitary, not federal Unicameral (not bicameral) legislatures No judicial review Parliamentary not separated system PR not Plurality
Plurality vs. Proportional Representation PLURALITY PR • Just need one more vote than next candidate to win a seat in legislature • Party gets seats in legislature proportional to the percent of the vote it received • Favors multiple parties • Favors two parties
Our democracy is no better (or worse? ) than other democracies • • • Stability Individual rights Responsiveness Fairness to losers Effectiveness?
Polyarki
You couldnt have
You couldnt
Ontological argument
"know history know self"
Do deep generative models know what they don’t know?
I know who goes before me i know who stands behind
Why did the framers create a bicameral legislature
Framers wanted
How did the constitution guard against tyranny dbq answers
The landlady text
Landlady mood
The landlady picture
