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minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down3·15 days agoDamn thing’s busted. If you can imagine an administration that acts like this ever peacefully ceding a lost election, you’re crazier than me.
minus-squarePiatro@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·15 days agoThat’s assuming you even get a fair election again.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·15 days agoIs a fair election when a violent insurrectionist, a literal traitor to the republic, is allowed to run for office? We zigged when we should have zagged a long time ago.
minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·15 days agoThe American system is broken by design
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoNo, it’s been broken; the original design wasn’t bad, but they told us not to let a two party system happen and we did it anyway.
minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·14 days agoThe original does not protect against an entire party determined to undermine it, imo
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoisnt that what the “overthrow the government” part is for? Not like we could actually do that anyways 🙃
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-214 days agoYes it does, it has quite clear instructions in fact. People just aren’t willing to do what’s necessary to follow those instructions… Yet.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoWe definitely should have several large books at him… but also 75 million people shouldn’t have voted for him.
Damn thing’s busted. If you can imagine an administration that acts like this ever peacefully ceding a lost election, you’re crazier than me.
That’s assuming you even get a fair election again.
Is a fair election when a violent insurrectionist, a literal traitor to the republic, is allowed to run for office?
We zigged when we should have zagged a long time ago.
The American system is broken by design
No, it’s been broken; the original design wasn’t bad, but they told us not to let a two party system happen and we did it anyway.
The original does not protect against an entire party determined to undermine it, imo
isnt that what the “overthrow the government” part is for?
Not like we could actually do that anyways 🙃
Yes it does, it has quite clear instructions in fact. People just aren’t willing to do what’s necessary to follow those instructions… Yet.
We definitely should have several large books at him… but also 75 million people shouldn’t have voted for him.