Episode 92: America Is Not a Democracy
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The Disconnect Between the Left and the Progressive Movement
The U.S. government was designed to keep majority faction out of our lives as best we could, he says. The 17th amendment called for direct election of senators; state legislators elected the senators from that state. And this is an important part of the separation of powers: legislative, executive and judicial branches. "What's the progressive movement really all about? And it's about installing policy experts into the wheels of government"
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