America Political 010W Writing
Linn
WritingAssignment1SihuaLin.docxName: Sihua Lin
TA’s name: Zachary Larsen
Class: POSC 010W 001
Date: 1/28/2022
The factors that made the U.S. fail to achieve its country
I am relatively confident that the arguments I make and the evidence I find fit together, but I am not sure if they are accurate. I have some concerns about whether my in-depth thinking about my argument is consistent with what I want to say in the evidence. And I also have concerns about the adequacy of the analysis after listing the evidence, after combining my arguments and evidence to validate them. I feel that the content of each of my paragraphs is relatively sparse and not close enough, they are each paragraph separately looks and feels quite good, but when combined always feels strange.
If a country wants to be prosperous and stable, then there must be a government and a ruling party to manage and restrain the country and reach a consensus on governance with the people living and active in this country to consolidate the country’s development. The United States has been fulfilling this concept since the War of Independence and since the founding of the country, and has also developed steadily and rapidly into a superpower. Nowadays, the internal contradictions in the United States are becoming more and more obvious, and the proud concept of democracy is slightly crumbling and stubborn. The United States has not yet achieved its country, or to some extent does not fulfill and realize the ideal. While the United States has demonstrated a great power internationally and set an example in every way, irreversible racial tensions and pernicious social attitudes have emerged within the country.
Through these years of observation, I found that the presidential election with democratic common consultation as the primary concept does not seem to be so strong, or rather the people are the people and the electors are separated from each other. In “How Democratic is the American Constitution?” Dahl also has questions about this: “how many readers of these lines have ever participated in a referendum that asked them whether they wished to continue to be governed under the existing constitution? The answer, of course, is: none.”(Page 2). I know that the U.S. Constitution is very intertwined and complex, which makes it difficult for a lot of popular analysis and thoughtfulness to get into the process, but it has to at least show us some sort of sign of review and presentation of the various critiques of the people, right? And during this Covid 19, we and the world saw a more “remarkable” side of the United States. And does this phenomenon confirm that there is some kind of hole or missing part in the present century-old iteration of the Constitution? The answer is yes.
Is there a problem with the electoral rigor of the country’s presidency that leads to electoral irrationality? This means that as the election system has been improved and added to over the course of history, the system that was relatively stable at one point in time has become less solid and less reasonable. Or perhaps the inclusion of various election conditions makes the election system too saturated and cracks a hole, thus allowing those who wish to exploit it. The best expression of this view is the Trump administration. In “How Democracies Die,” it claims that “And in 2016, for the first time in U.S. history, a man with no experience in public office, little observable commitment to constitutional rights, and clear authoritarian tendencies was elected president.”(page 2). A person with no prior military or government service has been the president. This presents an essential problem in the election process. I think it was the Covid 19 that indirectly affected the smooth implementation of “the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the Journal.”(“The US Constitution” section 5) part of the constitution. This is like the relationship between fans and stars, which star has more fans then the star will be able to gain the right to speak. This is also extremely contrary to and impedes the idea of a democratic state.
The United States is a multiracial country and its social components are very diverse. This means that the interactions and intermingling of the various ethnic groups will gradually form new social groups. It also creates all sorts of disorganized small groups that can influence and intrude into larger groups. And this phenomenon, of course, has a direct impact on the purity of the faction and these small groups will be pulled in by the Republic. In “Federalist Paper no. 10,” James states “the greater number of citizens and extent of territory which may be brought within the compass of republican than of democratic government.”(Page 3). It seems that the Republic is better at uniting small groups and using more combined minds and intelligence to confront the enemy. This is also a kind of provocation and vigilance against democracy. After all, the number of people is strong, and whoever has a large group with the ability to think can take the initiative to grasp the overall situation.
