• RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    No country or government has a “right” to exist. They’re given that ability to exist by the people they’re supposed to serve. If the system is not serving the people, it shouldn’t exist.

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      8 months ago

      Supreme executive power is derived from a mandate from the masses, not some farcical electoral ceremony.

      If I declared myself chancellor because a bunch of my friends voted for me they’d put me a way.

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        8 months ago

        The problem is, it’s a practical impossibility for the masses to mandate anything. There are way over 300 million people in the U.S. (for example), there is no practical way for a majority of them to mandate anything without going through channels put there by those in power which limit the scope of conversation as well as choices.

        Anyone claiming a mandate from the people is really claiming successful control of oppressive systems.

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          Totally agree. Government starts getting worse the bigger a population it tries to govern.

          But if I say “who wants pizza” and an entire kindergarten class says “Me!” then I’d call that a mandate from the masses.

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      Agreed. The United States is doing a piss-poor job serving the people, and while that may be due how the country was shaped during colonialism, it is not due to its ongoing colonialism. It’s a totally different situation than Israel.