By and For the People? Cultural Mindsets of Democracy and the

For more on cultural mindsets and mindset shifts, see Mindset Shifts: What Are They? Why Do They Matter? How Do They Happen? By and For the People? Cultural Mindsets of Democracy and 5 the US Political System: A Culture Change Project Report F I N D I N G S Cultural Mindsets of the US Political System, the Constitution & Democracy This section of the report describes the cultural mindsets that mem. [...] By and For the People? Cultural Mindsets of Democracy and 6 the US Political System: A Culture Change Project Report F I N D I N G S The System Is Rigged cultural mindset When drawing on this mindset, people assume that the political system is rigged by the powerful few for their own benefit at the expense of everyone else. [...] The Constitution as a Product of its Time cultural mindset In this way of thinking, the Constitution is seen to reflect the norms and beliefs that were in place at the time of its creation. [...] This mindset includes a rough understanding of the Constitution as having some sort of organizing purpose—it arranges society in some fashion—though the focus of the mindset is less on this organizing function and more on how the Constitution reflects the ideas of the founding era. [...] According to this way of thinking, in a true democracy, the government reflects the will of its citizens and the people have the power.