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We really do need a third founding, the failure here is so dramatic. We've had congress and the court acquiesce to near unlimited lawlessness from the president

We really do need a third founding, the failure here is so dramatic. We've had congress and the court acquiesce to near unlimited lawlessness from the president as he takes direct and total command of the government apparatus. We have a president saying "I have the right to do anything I want. I'm the president." We have a president saying that that he even has the right to force state governments to do what he wants, as the states are mere agents of the federal government. There is no way out of this other than a dramatic restructuring of the relationships between the three branches and the relationship between the president and the executive branch. The system that we all claimed was a check against tyranny has utterly folded in mere months. What I wouldn't give for dems actually saying what they will do if they ever recover power again. Because the Biden strategy of "just hope Trump and ascendant fascism fades away and we never have to talk about it again" has been a clear failure.

Eddy_Viscosity2 1y ago
What if the ones who are currently in control all of branches of government, that are transforming the US into a totalitarian state, don't want any restructuring that would limit such a transformation? What then?
- UncleMeat 1y ago
  I don't know. The core hope is that the dems can re-establish control and use that power to restructure the government to prevent totalitarianism. If they cannot re-establish control or choose to do nothing meaningful with temporary power such that we repeat this again in 2032, then the country either completes its collapse into totalitarianism for a generation (or more) or there is a violent uprising alongside mass death. I pray that we escape this without either of those things happening, but I'm also making plans to be able to permanently leave the country if need be.

Eddy_Viscosity2 1y ago

What if the ones who are currently in control all of branches of government, that are transforming the US into a totalitarian state, don't want any restructuring that would limit such a transformation? What then?

UncleMeat 1y ago
I don't know. The core hope is that the dems can re-establish control and use that power to restructure the government to prevent totalitarianism. If they cannot re-establish control or choose to do nothing meaningful with temporary power such that we repeat this again in 2032, then the country either completes its collapse into totalitarianism for a generation (or more) or there is a violent uprising alongside mass death. I pray that we escape this without either of those things happening, but I'm also making plans to be able to permanently leave the country if need be.