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Agreed that too much power accumulated in the president. The advent of nuclear weapons is one reason. You need someone to push the button. Another reason is
by grajaganDev 2y ago
Agreed that too much power accumulated in the president.
The advent of nuclear weapons is one reason.
You need someone to push the button.
Another reason is Nixon, Dick Cheney and many other right of center "intellectuals" have been successfully arguing for decades that the president needs more power.
- big-green-man 2y agoDon't forget the power accumulated by Franklin Roosevelt, which probably did more to make the president a king than any single president since.
- mooreds 2y ago> The advent of nuclear weapons is one reason. If you want a bonechilling, fascinating look at the evolution of control of nukes in the USA from the 1950s to the 1980s, check out "Command And Control" by Eric Schlosser: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/303337/command-and-control-by-eric-schlosser/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/303337/command-and-... There was a fierce political battle to keep civilian control of nukes that I knew nothing about until I read this book.