Is the United States infallible?

[Memphis1979]

Is the United States capable of mistakes? Yep

Should we break the union up? Nope, and most Americans don't think secession is a good idea. Just because the nuts of different states got together, doesn't mean its a majority of Americans.

Look what ballot initiatives on California ballots did? All you needed was 500 idiots to sign a paper without any idea of the reprecussions of the signature. And BTW, secession isn't conducted by signature.

[petch751]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

most Americans don't think secession is a good idea.

How do you know that most Americans don't think secession is a good idea. Did they do a poll on this? Link please. Just because more people didn't sign doesn't mean they don't think it's a good idea. Just asking.

[lvoc]

Originally Posted by pch1013

More precisely, most of the country believes in a combination of both.

Very few people want to get rid of all entitlement programs entirely, and even fewer want private enterprise to disappear. Most people believe we can (and should) have a free-market economy with some degree of regulation and some kind of social safety net.

The devil, and the reason we're all screaming at each other, is in the details.

I would suspect a clear majority of the population will not deal with either issue.

Most people believe in little germane to how we are governed.

It is only the idealist who believe the population actually has views.

And they really don't. They will react and sharply to events and conditions...but no they don't have views.

[Memphis1979]

Originally Posted by petch751

How do you know that most Americans don't think secession is a good idea. Did they do a poll on this? Link please. Just because more people didn't sign doesn't mean they don't think it's a good idea. Just asking.

Because it hasn't been done since 1861