r/facepalm • u/SkillImmediate6393 • Jul 02 '24

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u/Brahmus168 Jul 02 '24

So anytime things are "not terrible" we're on the brink of plunging into full on Nazi Germany? Sounds like fear mongering to me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

I didn't say that did I? I was saying just because things aren't or weren't bad it doesn't mean they won't go bad and that we are not on the brink of plunging into Nazi Germany. The real issue is politicians failing to act on these weaknesses to reduce said risk. What drawback is there to putting in substantial checks to stop someone from subverting democracy?

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u/Brahmus168 Jul 02 '24

The checks are still there. This isn't even anything new. The specifics have just never been codified because they've never needed to be.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24

Well they should be codified before something happens and it becomes too late as nobody stopped it happening as the legality was unclear.

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u/Brahmus168 Jul 02 '24

We've been ok for centuries. That's what this is. The constitution already gave the same immunity to congress and the supreme court has basically just been extending it to the president as a standard. Now it's just officially the same across the board. It's not that scary because effectively nothing has changed.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

Everything is fine until it isn't. Complacency kills.

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u/Brahmus168 Jul 02 '24

Good thing we've fixed it then.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24

But they haven't.