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Founding documents are worthless if you don't care to honor them. EU might have more modern legislation but even there the far right is starting to realize whe
by omnimus 4mo ago
Founding documents are worthless if you don't care to honor them.
EU might have more modern legislation but even there the far right is starting to realize when they are in power they can generally ignore the legislation or work quickly to dismantle it. Trump showed and emboldened them, tech bros are providing funding and oligarchs are steadily gaining power. It's quickly coming from the east and only reason EU might be a bit more ready than US is that it's many decentralized countries with always shifting powers.
- johnea 4mo agoWhile I agree with you, laws are being routinely ignored by the US executive now. But I would also say, the only impediment to executive overreach has been the constitution, as little as that impediment has been. Albeit the current supreme court has also stretched the interpretation beyond all previous bounds. The US certainly needs a modern revised constitution, but I don't see the DNC as having the vision or the balls to accomplish such a thing. We're pretty much fucked here...
- rspoerri 3mo agoHeadline: People in power dont want to put people in power into prison! How can an executive that steals millions of $ not go to prison, while somebody stealing food in a store can? Why can police kill people and maybe not even be investigated for it, while somebody else is tried for being a terrorist when doing the same? The american system is corrupt to the core, but only for the rich and powerful.