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Originally Posted by FRYandBENDER
I think the "mob rule" thing came about from people seeing that a lot of people who vote don't really know what in the hell they are voting for...But people also have the civic responsibility to know what the hell they are voting for.
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Right. When you have the power of voting, you also have the obligation to use that power wisely. With liberty comes responsiblity.
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Originally Posted by FRYandBENDER
I don't think the founding fathers really wanted us to be able to change our constitution just because the majority voted for it... Sadly, many people seem to think that this is how it works.
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They didn't. That's why they required a two thirds vote in Congress followed by approval of two thirds of the states to amend the Constitution. I think they did this because the knew that the fundamental structure of the nation had to be preserved by making it difficult to alter. If it were easily changed then we would have no protection of basic rights, and would indeed have a condition of mob rule.