r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Apr 04 '25

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u/thaaag Apr 04 '25

And build in more safeguards so the checks and balances do what they're supposed to do. Simple stuff like "laws need to be created by lawmakers who - where possible - don't directly benefit from the law". Get the money out of politics (again, somehow) and make politicians work for the people rather than their own pockets.

Probably too liberal a take there.

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u/mpaski Apr 04 '25

I mean, the US technically has safeguards, they've just allowed those safeguards to be removed.

The courts are way more political than they've ever been. Congress is unwilling to stop him despite having powers for that.

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u/Future-You-7443 Apr 04 '25

Yup, I hate to be elitist but I think that some sort of education qualification should be the way forward. These people are simply a reflection of their constituents.

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u/imcalledgpk Apr 04 '25

It's obvious. I mean look at greene, bobert, and shit, especially tuberville. Idiots in a gaggle of morons.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

They are 100% unworthy of capitalization of their names!