• PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
    50·
    1 month ago

    Honestly, the constitution at this point is in fact irreparably fucked after the immunity ruling.

    We need to throw it all out and start over with an actual democratic system with federal distribution of power that’s an actual power sharing agreement instead of traitors jumping to whichever level of government they think they have the most control over at the moment.

    Also, abolish the office of president. It’s obvious that the independent executive will permanently stand as a danger to the republic no matter who ascends to the white house. The concept inherently promotes parasitic leaching of powers whenever an opposing branch doesn’t do thing the executive wants.

    • miridius@lemmy.world
      26·
      1 month ago

      Your constitution was already pretty terrible and outdated, clinging to it has been one of America’s problems for a while now.

      But yeah I totally agree with you

    • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
      13·
      1 month ago

      Most of the blighted systems in US government could heal organically (democratically) with just a handful of critical amendments. Throwing it out might be overkill.

      For example, establishing multi member district plurality would allow FAR greater flexibility for major progress (including further amendments to the Constitution) since coalition governments have larger majorities to clear the otherwise stringent voting thresholds.

      Re: the presidency, I tend to agree. Beyond the usefulness of a figurehead, every purported benefit of a unilateral decision maker is a potential liability of equal or greater magnitude.

      TL;DR: all constitutions can/should be fixed continuously. Figurehead-oriented presidencies can be useful, but one office should wield little to no power. Giving them nukes is a recipe for disaster.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    1 month ago

    LiberalGunNut here™.

    “I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida … to go to court would have taken a long time,” Trump said at a meeting with lawmakers on school safety and gun violence.

    “Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump said.

    Yep. He said that.

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish
    24·
    1 month ago

    Trump runs a company of like 12 employees.

    Trump could never trust any organization that he can’t threaten directly or by proxy.

    Did anyone else notice that Trump refused to have any of his “acting” heads of federal agencies be confirmed. Because “acting” ones could be replaced summarily by Trump. Once confirmed Trump loses that executive flex and thus doesn’t know how to politic except under those means.

    Trump refuses to play ball because he is not as smart as Harris, Biden, John McCain, Obama, Bush & Shrub, Clinton2.

    • Zess@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 month ago

      It’s a pretty good talking point when conservatives bring up the border. Trump didn’t even have a legitimate DHS director for like 3 years of his presidency, meaning basically any action the phony directors took is up for legal scrutiny.

  • Infynis@midwest.socialEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    That’s a good tweet, but this is definitely the wrong community

    Edit: people have explained to me that this is not actually the case, and the name of the community is just a leftover from Reddit

  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
    8·
    1 month ago

    I mean it was written by slave holders to defend their property (land, factories, and slaves) against the masses.

    But given that people like Trump are exactly who it was written to protect, I suspect that’s not why he hates it.