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Why not? Because a piece of paper says he’s not allowed to? Pieces of paper say a lot of things; sometimes they’re followed, sometimes not.
by School-Cotton 2y ago
Why not? Because a piece of paper says he’s not allowed to? Pieces of paper say a lot of things; sometimes they’re followed, sometimes not.
- cmurf 2y agoIf that piece of paper isn't being followed, what are the rules of the game? And are you agreeing that force does settle it? Should it? John Adams might agree with you though. He said the constitution was intended for a moral (and religious) people. Maybe Americans are simply out of virtue, and don't deserve the Constitution anymore? Sounds pretty expensive.
- School-Cotton 2y agoTo be clear, I hope it’s followed; I’m just not confident it will be. Nayib Bukele is limited to one term by the Salvadoran constitution. He’s currently on his second. Turns out that if nobody stops you, you can just do whatever you want.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoThat "piece of paper" is the only thing saying that the president has any power. He wants us to not follow it? Fine, but he may not like the consequences, which are that he's no longer someone that we have to listen to or who has any actual power. He's just a real estate developer who thinks he's somebody important.
- School-Cotton 2y ago> That "piece of paper" is the only thing saying that the president has any power. No it isn't. People have power because people with guns follow their orders, not because of what a piece of paper says.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoAnd the people with guns swore an oath to the piece of paper, not to the man. If the piece of paper stops saying that he's the man...