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I'd disagree with that. Check out how many European countries have an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_claus
by logicchains 7y ago
I'd disagree with that. Check out how many European countries have an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_clause.
"The German eternity clause (German: Ewigkeitsklausel) is Article 79 paragraph (3) of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Grundgesetz). The eternity clause establishes that certain fundamental principles of Germany's democracy can never be removed, even by parliament.[6]"
"The Parlamentarischer Rat (Parliamentary Council) included the eternity clause in its Basic Law specifically to prevent a new "legal" pathway to a dictatorship as was the case in the Weimar Republic with the Enabling Act of 1933.[7]"
- orf 7y agoThat’s a pretty specific implementation detail of a few specific democracies that doesn’t really refute anything that the parent comment said. Like, for example, in the UK (which entirely lacks a formal constitution) the right to govern is literally derived from the most divine source: god himself, through his agent, the Queen. In practice, despite the quasi-sacred and divine foundations of our government it doesn’t mean jack. If the Queen where to exercise any of her divine powers over the will of the current Parliament it would cause a constitutional crisis and she would have those powers immediately stripped.
- afiori 7y agoWhich only proves that Germany is indeed very sensible to how governments can degenerate under demagogic movements. Recognizing that democracies can be infected does not mean that they must hold to some sacred text. It just mean that some path are considered too dangerous to even be considered.