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That is usually at the bottom of the list of concerns when a tyrant-already-made is in power. That's why the word tyrant carries all those negative connotations
by akiselev 10y ago
That is usually at the bottom of the list of concerns when a tyrant-already-made is in power. That's why the word tyrant carries all those negative connotations.
We need to be careful that our solution doesn't make the situation even worse but we need to take one problem at a time or we'll never stand a chance.
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoHe's in power... but he's not in total power. The panic creates the chaos that gives him the mechanism to take total power "to restore order" or "to save democracy" or whatever. Don't give him that opportunity. Look, oppose him. Oppose him every single time he tries to act like a tyrant instead of a president. Do so through the existing mechanisms of political and legal power. (And thank whatever powers you think there are that the founders gave nobody power that somebody else couldn't block.) But don't oppose him in panic. Determination, yes, but not panic.
- akiselev 10y agoI'm in full agreement with you and I believe we're just working from different connotations of the word "panic." I don't mean we should behave like a chicken with its head cut off every time the president signs an executive order or tweets. I'm talking about realizing that we face a slippery slope to a worst case scenario and decisive action is needed. Panic can mean chaos but it can also mean that we put aside relatively minor grievances and act to preserve the integrity of the Constitution. I'm using panic to describe urgency, not disorganization.
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoFair enough. Yes, I think we are in agreement.