Mar 27, 2024
would be very funny to me to introduce a bunch of americans who are used to the constitution being treated as a gift from god that's very hard to change and is holy Because it's almost never changed and has been in operation in nearly the same form since 1789 to the way the swiss constitution (last total revision in 1999, there have been several hundred direct democratic votes on possible changes to it since 1848, all you need to suggest a change is hundred thousand people with voting power who'll sign the suggestion) works
#i think about it every time we talk about volkainitiativen in öff. recht sorry it's So fucking funny to me#american view of the constitution is like oh this ancient unassailable thing and every change to it is earth moving#and swiss people are like ehhhhh should we put in a rule fining dog owners for not picking up dog poop in public parks?#what do you think guys? show of hands please#i'm not saying one way of doing things is inherently Better (there's some fucked shit in the swiss constitution Because the voting#population can do whatever with it (ius cogens aside) see for example 72/3 minarettverbot or all the bullshit around 121a) it's just#very interesting to me#i also think it's fun when i read works of fiction#often fanfic#that take place in alternate universes idk scifi sentinel/guide fantasy whatever introduction of magic you wanna do#that results in the author making up a legal system including a constitution#and it's just Very Obvious that the author's never encountered a different concept of thought around constitutions than the american one#again not bad necessarily! but fascinating to me#iuris