Human beings newly freed from slavery do largely receive 40 acres and a mule, and pretty much on a national basis.
Instead of rushing to forgive, we take more of an attitude of wait and see. In particular, we wait to see if African-Americans are prevented from voting in statewide advisory legislatures---Northern military generals are still running the show, make no mistake about that---and in sending nonvoting representatives to Congress. And when voting rights are restored, it's done in medium steps and on a probationary basis. A paramilitary force called the Klan? What the hell kind of dystopian fiction is this?
So, a much better Reconstruction all the way around. That's the big one. Compared to this, the details of the U.S. political system hardly matter. But politics are fun, so let's ask.
With one or several Constitutional amendments how does the United States move to a quasi-parliamentary system of democracy? And I say quasi- because the real challenge would be to have still have a president who is by and large directly elected.
Your ideas please.
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Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House and tried by the Senate. But his conviction came one vote short of the needed two-thirds majority.
Instead of rushing to forgive, we take more of an attitude of wait and see. In particular, we wait to see if African-Americans are prevented from voting in statewide advisory legislatures---Northern military generals are still running the show, make no mistake about that---and in sending nonvoting representatives to Congress. And when voting rights are restored, it's done in medium steps and on a probationary basis. A paramilitary force called the Klan? What the hell kind of dystopian fiction is this?
So, a much better Reconstruction all the way around. That's the big one. Compared to this, the details of the U.S. political system hardly matter. But politics are fun, so let's ask.
With one or several Constitutional amendments how does the United States move to a quasi-parliamentary system of democracy? And I say quasi- because the real challenge would be to have still have a president who is by and large directly elected.
Your ideas please.
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Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House and tried by the Senate. But his conviction came one vote short of the needed two-thirds majority.