@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • 9 months agoFormer federal judge: Supreme Court ‘dangerously betrayed’ democracy with Trump disqualification decisionthehill.commessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1438
arrow-up1438external-linkFormer federal judge: Supreme Court ‘dangerously betrayed’ democracy with Trump disqualification decisionthehill.com@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • 9 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink18•9 months agoIf they have legal reason to- they’re welcome to try it. Don’t make this out that they can remove innocent people from the ballots.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•9 months agoif Trump gets back in they’re going to Navalny their opponents.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 months ago Don’t make this out that they can remove innocent people from the ballots. You make a good point, but what prevents this?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 months agoYou’ve just discovered the fundamental problem with democracy: it operates on good faith in a Machiavellian world.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 months agoMachiavelli was satire. It was meant to show the stupidest way to do things. Most people aren’t like that. We just haven’t found a good way to rid ourselves of psychopaths and narcissists.
If they have legal reason to- they’re welcome to try it. Don’t make this out that they can remove innocent people from the ballots.
if Trump gets back in they’re going to Navalny their opponents.
You make a good point, but what prevents this?
You’ve just discovered the fundamental problem with democracy: it operates on good faith in a Machiavellian world.
Machiavelli was satire. It was meant to show the stupidest way to do things.
Most people aren’t like that. We just haven’t found a good way to rid ourselves of psychopaths and narcissists.
It was supposed to be SCOTUS