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> we also don't want to create these mechanisms at the government level only so the next authoritarian president can use them for their own personal agenda The
by cjs_ac 1y ago
> we also don't want to create these mechanisms at the government level only so the next authoritarian president can use them for their own personal agenda
There's nothing stopping this hypothetical authoritarian president from creating this after they come to power.
- _Algernon_ 1y agoIt requires less political capital to repurpose an existing system than to introduce a new system for a specific purpose. See for instance the number of times Chat Control has failed to become law.
- molszanski 1y agoIt’s much easier to abuse existing oppression machine than to build it from scratch
- gchamonlive 1y agoWhich is why the democratic system relies on checks and balances. If the democratic institutions are strong an authoritarian governor will at worse face incredible pushback from the judiciary, if Congress and executive powers are taken over. If one of the three powers remain independent, there is hope to recover the democratic stability without a violent revolution.