I'm taken aback by Futterman's comments. He's a law prof, so I'd think he'd understand the difference between the people and the legal structure. "[I]f this isn’t the sort of thing that moves people to act, to seek to pass some common sense reforms, it’s difficult to know what will," he says. What rot! The people are not the problem. The problem is a constitution that prevents them from addressing a growing list of social problems in a democratic way.
Agreed, he seems to take everything about the legal structure for granted. Much of the commentary about this event leaves aside the question of the Constitution, including Futterman's. On the one hand, Benjamin Crump saying that opinions will be expressed by voting in the presidential elections. On the other, WSWS (though well-written) lumping all of this into a single sentence about the need to form the socialist party and abolish capitalism. Both miss what you said very well: "the problem is a constitution that prevents them from addressing a growing list of social problems in a democratic way."
I'm taken aback by Futterman's comments. He's a law prof, so I'd think he'd understand the difference between the people and the legal structure. "[I]f this isn’t the sort of thing that moves people to act, to seek to pass some common sense reforms, it’s difficult to know what will," he says. What rot! The people are not the problem. The problem is a constitution that prevents them from addressing a growing list of social problems in a democratic way.
Agreed, he seems to take everything about the legal structure for granted. Much of the commentary about this event leaves aside the question of the Constitution, including Futterman's. On the one hand, Benjamin Crump saying that opinions will be expressed by voting in the presidential elections. On the other, WSWS (though well-written) lumping all of this into a single sentence about the need to form the socialist party and abolish capitalism. Both miss what you said very well: "the problem is a constitution that prevents them from addressing a growing list of social problems in a democratic way."