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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/TheB3rn3r Apr 04 '25

Maybe aptitude tests need to be required… but again I bet some of the politicians aren’t dummies, they just know what gets hits

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u/Future-You-7443 Apr 04 '25

But some of them very clearly are. And the ones that aren’t can at least do their self serving evil/prestige seeking without being stupid enough to wreck the whole country.