This has always been a democratic issue (small "d") and socialists were making an issue of it from their first step into national campaigns.
The Democratic party has had ample opportunities to get rid of it since its founding in the 1820s. The last time this came up seriously was in the 1970s with Tricky Dicky one of those leading the charge. It didn't happen. Like not locking Rowe v Wade into place legislatively, it didn't happen for a reason. It is one of the eighteenth century Constitutional features designed to keep power from reflecting the will of the people. It was the bulwark of national authority for the slaveholders and merchant princes. It's not an ornamental antique like the British monarchy but an ongoing mechanism of power, so it's even less likely to be abolished. It is far more likely that the'd find some way of modifying are ways around it, like a concerted effort at the state level to change how votes get represented in the Electoral College. Of course, that's not abolishing the damned thing. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32698): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32698 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108801645/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
