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> the US government actually has powerful levers at its hand to force his cooperation if necessary The scenarios you put forth here are effectively not happeni
by irjustin 2y ago
> the US government actually has powerful levers at its hand to force his cooperation if necessary
The scenarios you put forth here are effectively not happening. This is not a communist+dictator state (where this is much easier) nor does one branch have the power to unilaterally decide this.
The only time nationalization of a private service should happen in our country is wartime, specifically WWIII has to happen and on US soil. WW2 never saw this, nor did it need to.
- mschuster91 2y ago> This is not a communist+dictator state (where this is much easier) nor does one branch have the power to unilaterally decide this. The Supreme Court practically gave the President full immunity as long as they are in office, Congress is gridlocked and governing has happened mostly through executive orders for decades now. Assuming a President (and no matter who it is) gives the orders, they will get executed as given - and any kind of protest will be dealt with in the courts, in a process that will likely take years. > The only time nationalization of a private service should happen in our country is wartime The US has been at war for the utter majority of the last decades. Vietnam, Libya 1, Iraq 1, Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq 2, Libya 2, Yemen, and that's just the major ones where the US were an active combattant.