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Why did the founding fathers make it so difficult to amend the constitution?

09-16-2022 • arclein

The system is ludicrous, but it basically ensuers it cannot be rigged. There will be 41 electors at the end who will have the authority to choose the new ruler of Venice and they will come from the most powerful families of Venice, but no one, no matter their power, wealth or status, will have any outlandish role. There's no way to influence the process until it is towards the very end and the final group of 41 people aren't indebted to anyone. The final result may not give you the best, but you can rest assured it will give you someone acceptable and that's good enough for longevity. The system might survive to this day even, were it not for French revolutionary armies who ended the Republic by force of arms.

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Reported By robert klein

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