Comment by refurb
5 hours ago
The system has not failed just because someone you dislike get elected.
That’s the part about having a mature attitude towards democracy.
5 hours ago
The system has not failed just because someone you dislike get elected.
That’s the part about having a mature attitude towards democracy.
Easy, three examples of where the US system has failed in the last two years:
1. Congressional authority for federal spending. The current administration has withheld or redirected spending that lawmakers had already approved.
2. Independence of the Department of Justice. A number of examples where the current administration has pressured DoJ representatives to pursue obviously ridiculous and un-pursuable charges against political 'enemies'.
3. Almost anything that DOGE did. Choose your example from the grab bag.
And the bonus round of breaching constitutional norms such as birthright citizenship and outright defiance of court orders.
The system hasn't failed because someone I dislike got elected, the system failed because the system is not constraining the current administration from their overt system-contravening actions.
I'm very sorry, and I'd rather it wasn't the case, but the system has failed.
> mature attitude towards democracy.
It’s a bit silly to expect ordinary citizens to have a near infinitely more mature attitude towards democracy than their elected representatives though? It’s not like anybody could have ever expected until relatively recently that one of the (objectively) most immature public figures in the country would somehow end up its president