Economic Democracy
Channel: HardLeg
Date: 2021-08-15

We should democratize our economic system, and here's why.
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*Side Note - It’s important to recognize that the Founding Fathers initial ideals for Democracy DIDN’T function correctly. Originally, The Constitution didn’t guarantee voting rights for anyone. It mostly let the states decide who could vote, and they often restricted it to land owning males. 
In addition to that large oversight, the Constitution also explicitly treated slaves as 3/5th of a person, which simultaneously reduced the influence of black Americans to almost nothing, while giving the southern states they resided in much more power than their northern neighbors.

These decisions are what ultimately lead to the Civil War 80 years later. By denying large groups of people a voice in government, and giving some citizens more voting power that others, the original Constitution failed to construct a properly functioning Democracy, and the result was massive social upheaval and violent revolt.

After The Civil War, amendments were added to the Constitution which protected the right to vote, Unfortunately, due to shifts in our society and laws over the last 80 years, our current system has similar problems with representation. The wealthy have far more influence on the government than everyone else, and unless we undertake some serious reforms, we run the risk of another violent conflict.