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I have no stakes in here (I'm not American), but as far as I know, he's just doing what he promised he'd do if he got elected. What you're asking for is... to p

I have no stakes in here (I'm not American), but as far as I know, he's just doing what he promised he'd do if he got elected. What you're asking for is... to protect people from themselves? I don't understand.

rock_hard 10y ago
Many of his voters believed he wouldn't be able to do many of the outrageous things he promised...that's why they voted for him anyways! But these people are now slowly warming up to reality :(
sorrymate 10y ago
A majority of voters did not actually vote for Trump. And a majority of voters laughed off his promises because nobody thought he would be elected. The foundation of "checks and balances" in the United States was that we have representatives that would speak for the people. Those congressional representatives would move the ball forward. The president was never supposed to have the power to create unilateral policy. In a sense, the people need protection from someone they never wanted in the first place. The majority of Trumps views are held only by the minority. This is what people need protection from.
rbehrends 10y ago
A liberal democracy is not a tyranny of the majority (aka ochlocracy). Checks and balances exist, inter alia, to protect the minority who didn't vote for the president. (And in this case, possibly a majority.) Plus, there's the problem of a gradual (or even sudden) erosion of checks and balances when one person has too much power and the distinct possibility that the electorate did not foresee all the long term consequences of getting such a person elected. Of course, you may also go for Mencken's view that "democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." But that would require a fair amount of cynicism.
hsod 10y ago
It's about protecting the minority from the tyranny of the majority (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority)
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big_youth 10y ago
In my social circles we are ecstatic that Trump is following through on his promises.
- jacquesm 10y ago
  I suspect your social circles will end up paying dis-proportionally once the bill for Trumps promises arrives.

rock_hard 10y ago

Many of his voters believed he wouldn't be able to do many of the outrageous things he promised...that's why they voted for him anyways! But these people are now slowly warming up to reality :(

sorrymate 10y ago

A majority of voters did not actually vote for Trump. And a majority of voters laughed off his promises because nobody thought he would be elected. The foundation of "checks and balances" in the United States was that we have representatives that would speak for the people. Those congressional representatives would move the ball forward. The president was never supposed to have the power to create unilateral policy. In a sense, the people need protection from someone they never wanted in the first place. The majority of Trumps views are held only by the minority. This is what people need protection from.

rbehrends 10y ago

A liberal democracy is not a tyranny of the majority (aka ochlocracy). Checks and balances exist, inter alia, to protect the minority who didn't vote for the president. (And in this case, possibly a majority.) Plus, there's the problem of a gradual (or even sudden) erosion of checks and balances when one person has too much power and the distinct possibility that the electorate did not foresee all the long term consequences of getting such a person elected. Of course, you may also go for Mencken's view that "democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." But that would require a fair amount of cynicism.

hsod 10y ago

It's about protecting the minority from the tyranny of the majority (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority)

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big_youth 10y ago

In my social circles we are ecstatic that Trump is following through on his promises.

jacquesm 10y ago
I suspect your social circles will end up paying dis-proportionally once the bill for Trumps promises arrives.