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This is what happens when you have an unwritten constitution. The ruling government tries to present itself and its choices as the choice of the people. Unless
by sys_64738 4y ago
This is what happens when you have an unwritten constitution. The ruling government tries to present itself and its choices as the choice of the people. Unless you can restrict or rescind onerous dictates like this then you are doomed to censorship chosen by the government of the day.
- Waterluvian 4y agoI’m not sure having a written Constitution helps much more if it’s constantly violated and the remedy occurs well after the damage is done, if at all.
- salawat 4y agoSee: Second, 4th, 5th, and 10th Amendments of the U.S. Federal Constitution. People in power are going to abuse it as long as they can get away with it. Period.
- Asooka 4y agoHaving the grounds for maybe getting a remedy is strictly better than not having it. It could be a lot better, but if we could have that first step of the government having (de jure) inviolable restrictions, it would be quite nice.
- themitigating 4y agoYou can vote, it's a democracy.
- FollowingTheDao 4y agoNo. It is an oligarchy.
- toyg 4y agoNo, this is what happens when you have a weak government that knows they won't be in power in 2 years: land grabs. They push outrageous stuff, effectively daring the opposition to rescind it later and face the relevant cries ("New government helps pedophiles!!11!"). It can happen anywhere.
- codeulike 4y agoDid you read the article?
- DaiPlusPlus 4y agoIt’s not an article, it’s a letter.
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