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The fatal flaw in our separation of powers is that even if congressional dems had a super majority, congress is powerless to enforce anything. And the press ha
by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
The fatal flaw in our separation of powers is that even if congressional dems had a super majority, congress is powerless to enforce anything.
And the press has been covering Trump's rhetoric and the war pretty heavily.
- lebuffon 6mo agoSo the "checks and balances" we were taught in school was just nonsense?
- sheikhnbake 6mo agoThey weren't nonsense until we had people in positions of power decide that they were. At the end of the day, pieces of paper are just pieces of paper.
- kubb 6mo agoHow could it be that a political system which remained largely structurally unchanged since the freaking 18th century isn't equipped to deal with everything that has been going on in the world since then? It must be due to bad actors.
- crises-luff-6b 6mo ago[dead]
- Mr_Eri_Atlov 6mo agoKinda yeah, much like how Americans are taught that they are a bastion of democracy, yet your convoluted electoral system has led to multiple instances of your president losing the popular vote.
- akagusu 6mo ago> And the press has been covering Trump's rhetoric and the war pretty heavily. The press is owned by the billionaires that paid Trump's campaign. They literally bought the presidency for Trump.
- sheikhnbake 6mo agoYou're preaching to the choir. The oligarchy has indeed thoroughly captured the fourth estate
- akagusu 6mo agoI think they already captured all.