Had there not been these safety valves of political parties and elections, we may very well have had no way to change except forceful overthrow of government.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform.
Change comes with both fear and some pain. Those two ingredients create mistrust, misunderstanding and misinformation. Such is the process of democracy.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
We've changed in the sense that we flipped - and this is no longer the Republican party of Lincoln. This is the party of suppression.
We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed.
A great many of us have been concerned about the presidential nomination system... whether or not we have drifted into a system that simply doesn't work so well any more.
It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.
There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
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