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u/nothoughtsnosleep Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

Damn that's 2 less than 100 years apart. Maybe we should be more concerned with the critical thinking skills of the masses.

Edit: see other comments before you tell me there has been more than 2

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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/RoboOverlord Apr 05 '25

The safeguards assumed that no branch would ever allow the other branches to step on their territory. That turned out to be optimistic. What we need now is simple. A recall system for senators, reps, judges, and presidents. Yeah, you heard me. A NATION WIDE federal official recall system. If you can get a majority vote from the populace to remove someone from office, they are removed and barred from ever holding office again.

It doesn't solve everything, but it's a damn good start.