Comment by iwontberude
2 years ago
Good thing there is no penalties for lying under oath anymore. That pesky rule of law was so long in the tooth.
2 years ago
Good thing there is no penalties for lying under oath anymore. That pesky rule of law was so long in the tooth.
There are instead life destroying penalties being handed out to whistleblowers. What a world we live in.
The good thing is we live in a democracy - if we don't like it, we can fix it at the voting booth.
Gerrymandering, campaign finance, first past the post, and the electoral college have all ensured that my votes account for precisely fuck-all.
From a European perspective, I am most cautious in calling a two party system a proper democracy.
It’s easy to game the system when there are only two sides to pay…
We can vote for a blue boot on our neck or a red boot on our neck
No you can't. You only get to vote for the candidates on the ballot. And they'll get corrupted within a term, usually.
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Well a republic or was an oligarchy now, yeah just words and semantics...
Good, what if only have bad options?
Um try that in a normal court as a citizen and you get your ass handed to you. Only the powerful get exceptions.
Viva la France
Penalties for whom? Clapper was bound by conflicting laws requiring both honesty and secrecy. This problem goes all the way to the root of government and legal system.
There are ways to respond to a question without violating secrecy and being dishonest. It’s like pleading the fifth, there are situations where it is acceptable to not tell the whole truth because it is counter to a law or personal right. In those instances the person needs to explicitly proclaim the basis in which they are obscuring the answer. Giving untruthful, absolute answers about the non-existence of something is inconsistent with the above.
The corruption of government begins with its secrets. A truly free people keep no secrets.
Google tells me perjury is still very much a thing. Do you have a source?
Hard to tell sarcasm in the written word, but I think you were replying to some.
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