There is no system of government that works when those charged with enforcing the law abdicate their duty.
That is not to say that our system of government is perfect. It is far from it. However, you can’t design a foolproof system and if there’s one thing I know about Americans it’s that we fucking love electing fools.
The billionaire class likes electing fools, the morons just listen to them (their ads, news networks, and more recently—the billionaires’ social media sites).
Getting money out of politics would be a huge step, but that would probably also require some kind of coup.
Yeah, the issue is that even if the system is perfect on paper, people will still be people. Even if the system has checks in place to prevent dictatorships, those checks will inevitably rely on people actually enforcing the rules. And what happens if those people are in favor of the dictator and actively want him to be in power, and thus refuse to stop the dictator from rising to power?
There is no system of government that works when those charged with enforcing the law abdicate their duty.
That is not to say that our system of government is perfect. It is far from it. However, you can’t design a foolproof system and if there’s one thing I know about Americans it’s that we fucking love electing fools.
The billionaire class likes electing fools, the morons just listen to them (their ads, news networks, and more recently—the billionaires’ social media sites).
Getting money out of politics would be a huge step, but that would probably also require some kind of coup.
Yeah, the issue is that even if the system is perfect on paper, people will still be people. Even if the system has checks in place to prevent dictatorships, those checks will inevitably rely on people actually enforcing the rules. And what happens if those people are in favor of the dictator and actively want him to be in power, and thus refuse to stop the dictator from rising to power?