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Good points. It's crazy the level of power I'm learning our executive branch has... Government is dangerous without checks and balances.

• xnx 6y ago
  Much of government was designed with expectations of certain norms being followed that are now being violated. There are a lot of checks and balances (e.g. impeachment) that could be executed if a branch of the government was willing to cooperate.
  • kazagistar 6y ago
    Checks and balances all break down in the presence of ideologically aligned parties. Its a miracle its lasted this long, but it was inevitable.
• js2 6y ago
  > There is an opinion, that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the Government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of Liberty. This within certain limits is probably true; and in Governments of a Monarchical cast, Patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Washington%27s_Farewell_Address https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Washington%27s_Farewell_Addre...
• ponker 6y ago
  TikTok is nothing... Donald Trump has the unilateral authority to launch a nuclear strike on any target at any time. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.