> For all those who talk about corruption and getting money out of politics I suggest reading Federalist 10 by Madison. Its a deep analysis of a need for a repu

> For all those who talk about corruption and getting money out of politics I suggest reading Federalist 10 by Madison. Its a deep analysis of a need for a republican democracy. Any government that depends on human virtuousness will fail. And yet in Federalist 55 virtue is needed to sustain self-government: > Republican government presupposes the existence of these qualities in a higher degree than any other form. Were the pictures which have been drawn by the political jealousy of some among us faithful likenesses of the human character, the inference would be, that there is not sufficient virtue among men for self-government; and that nothing less than the chains of despotism can restrain them from destroying and devouring one another. * https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed55.asp https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed55.asp > The only way to have a sustainable government is to have strong checks and balances and putting multiple factions with different interests against one another. A particular faction can gain control over the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial in the US, and then they can collude unless individuals choose to follow the Constitution. > Donald Trump urged two Michigan election officials not to certify Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the state following the 2020 presidential election, personally calling them in a pressure campaign reminiscent of his Georgia tactics, the Detroit News reported. > In a Nov. 17, 2020, phone call, the then-president told two fellow Republicans on the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the state election's certification, saying they would look "terrible" and must "fight for our country," according to recordings of the call reviewed by the Michigan news outlet. * https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pressured-michigan-officials-throw-out-bidens-2020-win-report-2023-12-22/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pressured-michigan-of... There are no "institutions" (to protect things), only people.