• Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    6 hours ago

    “Watches an orange buffoon turn the government into a authoritarian regime.”

    Its incredibly robust!

    Same time, “the American experiment”, “a young democracy”, “27 constitutional ammendments”, etc.

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        5 hours ago

        Youre missing the point, government was suppose to be designed to fend off shitty people destroying it.

        Edit:

        Listen, Im taking this position not because Im particularly enthusiastic about it but really just trying it on for size.

        Is there anything else you would like to add to bolster your position? Im sure these is more nuance and I havent hit on it yet.

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          fend off some shitty people from destroying it. Not a majority of elected positions. Again your expectations of robust go beyond anything that is feasible. With a monarchy one monarch can bring it down. Despite the orange buffoon he would not be able to do it without all the congress collaborators. His first term was actually a constitutional crises we got passed. Barely.

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            5 hours ago

            I think a direct result of how poorly we dealt with trump after the first administration is the second administration. In the interest of appearing like things are functioning properly we brushed off making drastic moves like making the DOJ be more aggressive toward the trump admin. At least then we could have had more to show for it. Except, since people like you believe the system is working as intended things continue to break down.