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To a large extent, the broken parts of US politics stem from the lack of actual written rules. Many things that should be codified are actually "gentlemen's ag
by TAForObvReasons 9y ago
To a large extent, the broken parts of US politics stem from the lack of actual written rules. Many things that should be codified are actually "gentlemen's agreements", where people agree to act in good faith. Today's show on the Senate floor was the logical conclusion of an entire political party deciding to break every aspect of that unstated agreement,
- riffraff 9y agoAFAICT, this is the same in most of the world, a lot of the political and government process is based on people acting "properly" beyond the minimal requirements of the law. There is often a difference between "legal" and "moral", so to say.
- briandear 9y agoOh right and Obamacare didn’t do the exact same thing? What goes around..
- anigbrowl 9y agoPlease stop repeating that obvious canard. It's insulting to your fellow HNers to repeat known counterfactual claims.
- delta-v 9y agoUS politics is broken because the majority is being under represented both in Congress and in presidential election. We should work together on getting rid of the ancient and manipulated election system and revamp it with a modern proportional representative system.