Comment Re: Sovereignty, but for who? (Score 1) 30
The Secretary of X and Supreme Court judges in the US are all "unelected" as well. In principle PROTUS is "unelected" by that difinition. But they are all appointed by someone elected.
Uh, what?
"The Secretary of X"? What are you on about? Is this an anti-Musk thing, or are you referring generically to all cabinet members in the US gov't?
"Supreme Court judges in the US are all "unelected" - Uh, yeah - do you really want the people to vote in Supreme Court Justices? Yeah, major decisions involving serious issues should be decided by someone that hires campaign consultants, takes polls, and makes decisions to win voter support, not based on actual laws - sounds awesome. Every SCOTUS decision should really be a popularity contest, and decisions based on polling results...
"In principle PROTUS is "unelected" by that difinition." Do you mean POTUS? You don't seem to understand how US elections work - presidential candidates win states, states have Electoral votes that reflect the population in their state (big states more, smaller states less), and the candidate that wins the greatest number of Electoral votes wins the Presidency. So sure, the Presidency isnt a simple straight-forward "popularity contest" but that doesn't mean the President in "unelected."
"But they are all appointed by someone elected." No, President isn't appointed, we have an election. SCOTUS Justices aren't appointed, they are nominated by POTUS and confirmed by Senators, as are Cabinet Secretaries. We have political appointees in our government, but not any of the positions you listed...