The will of the masses is a monster that only occasionally approximates a few of the interests of rational individuals. Many factors probably including the failure to expand the size of Congress as the country grows much larger and money in politics, especially after Citizens United, have broken down the system intended to control this monster, and now the Internet has given a small number of wealthy people unprecedented power to shape and direct the passions and factionalism of the masses however they choose on an extremely granular level. The concept of a Republic and representative democracy clearly needs to be updated with new safeguards and controls for the modern world. In theory the US Constitution was supposed to be adaptive to these kinds of things, but there was always a chance that it could not adapt fast enough to save us. The feeling of fighting against a tyrannical majority instills counterproductive hopelessness to fix these kinds of issues, but if there is enough persistent demand from the people for big changes like Amendments, they will eventually be taken seriously and the people might still be able to save the system from the manipulated masses.

Who wants to tell this guy that the Constitution was created by a planter aristocracy to suppress the power of the masses and that actual government policies are completely out of line with what most people want

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"save the system from manipulated masses" and they call us the dictators

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

and now the Internet has given a small number of wealthy people unprecedented power to shape and direct the passions and factionalism of the masses

Yes, the internet. That's what did this. Capitalism was still good in the 90s when I was a child and didn't know about the harsh realities of life/was a baby without object permanence. It only got bad once the internet really started catching on.