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It is not a flaw but a choice made by the GOP.
by hackingonempty 8mo ago
It is not a flaw but a choice made by the GOP.
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- foweltschmerz 8mo agoIf it can be exploited by a bad actor, it is a flaw.
- BobaFloutist 8mo agoEverything can be exploited by a bad actor if the bad actor is put in a position of authority over it. There's no democratic system of government that's completely immune to a majority of voters actively trying to erode and damage the system.
- SpicyLemonZest 8mo agoThis story in particular seems like a flaw. There should not be such a thing as a privilege that the executive branch can revoke with no explanation or process.
- BrenBarn 8mo agoThe flaw is that they are able to make such a choice.
- direwolf20 8mo agoEvery government is always able to turn totalitarian. That's why voting is important. You don't vote for the totalitarian.
- jjav 8mo agoWell yes, but the US was supposed to have three separate branches of government to keep each other in check. Unfortunately turns out that in practice two of the three don't actually have any power at all when push comes to shove.
- direwolf20 8mo agoIt was a long period of time voting for totalitarians. Checks and balances worked by design: preventing immediate radical changes. And they worked by design: allowing changes gradually over a period of time if people keep voting for the same thing. And now it's here.
- jamincan 8mo agoI think Congress does have power, it's just chosen not to wield it to control this presidency.
- jjav 8mo agoBased on what we've seen of the courts, I have doubts about that. Congress does not have an army they can send out to enforce any law they pass, so turns out the president can simply just ignore it all without consequences. What are they going to do?
- direwolf20 8mo agoCourts don't have an army either. Only the executive has an army. Actually the president doesn't have an army. The generals have an army. You know we've never invented a system that stops the guys who have an army from taking over the guys who don't have an army, and we call it a coup d'etat, and it happens all over the world with some regularity. The best we can do is make sure the guys who have the army are guys who are committed to the wellbeing of the country.
- jjav 8mo ago> Courts don't have an army either. Only the executive has an army. Exactly, that's the bug. Two of the three branches of government can only write sternly worded opinions on paper. Only one has the brute force to impose their will. So there really is only one branch of government in the US.