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And yet all of the inefficiency of Congress and the Courts is better than the alternative, which is dictatorship with no guardrails. We've seen what this looks
by matthewdgreen 2y ago
And yet all of the inefficiency of Congress and the Courts is better than the alternative, which is dictatorship with no guardrails. We've seen what this looks like in many countries, and nothing you say, do, or own will be safe.
- tmountain 2y agoRight, the crusty 236 year old government is showing it’s age and has problems but has also resulted in an exceptionally successful country, so the logical solution would be to incrementally improve it, but instead, the voting populace just decided to burn it to ash; although, many are too politically ignorant to even understand the consequences of their decision.
- trilbyglens 2y agoTariffs will soon educate them.
- vkou 2y agoThe markets expected the tariffs to be cancelled, and as if by magic, they just got cancelled. Unfortunately, the speedrun to an autocracy won't be, the market's fine with that one.
- lmm 2y ago> the logical solution would be to incrementally improve it You can't, though. It's ossified too much. The constitution was always meant to be a living document, but now it's a sacred text for which new amendments are practically inconceivable.
- Clubber 2y agoIt's called a living document because you can amend it.