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[โ€“] Mjpasta710@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That seems like a poor position. Lots of beautiful and amazing things are also incredibly fragile. A single person, with help, can turn any type of country into a dictatorship via coup. Every country is pretty broken by your definition.

Significant portions of American law historically were based on etiquette to preserve order. These need to be codified in a fair manner by independent parties. Our congress has been hijacked in half by a party hell-bent on trying to establish a dictatorship.

American founders argued that the system had to be defended. The phrase is one bad apple spoils the barrel. Corruption can spread and grow in any environment if unchecked.

The powers are supposed to be separated and able to keep each other in balance or in check. That isn't how it's been working altogether lately.

You see this is why no one is responding in earnest to your posts. You think a single individual can turn a country into a dictatorship or perform a coup? These only occur with significant will and power. You should look up 'material conditions'.