Clawing Back Power

For John, BLUF:  The elites started us on the road to modern democracy, back in 1215 AD.  Now they want to take the power back.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The elite war on democracy

From The New Neo, 21 October 2019.

Here are the last two paragraphs:

I note several things, one of which is the participation of Alan Dershowitz, who seems to be fighting this fight on several fronts.  Another is the more general idea that one of the ways that the elites are fighting back is through lawfare (something we already know) but in particular through the redefinition of politics as a form of corruption.  For those of whom they approve, no act is bad enough to prosecute, but for those they wish to remove, actions that would never have previously been defined as corrupt are now defined that way and the legal system is the means to accomplish their aims.

This parallels the manner in which the legal system manned by liberal judges has been used to circumvent the people’s reluctance or slowness on certain issues in the recent past.  One was abortion, of course.  Another was gay marriage.  State-by-state solutions and decisions were not allowed, and new constitutional rights were created by liberal justices impatient with the pace of change.$nbsp; The time-tested process of using amendments to the Constitution to effect change is considered too tedious and democratic as well.

Is it that the "Elites" don't think the Proles are smart enough to participate in the decision making process or do they just want the power for themselves?

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff