▲ 1091 ▼ we had a good run (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by any_memes_necessary@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 111 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] darthsid@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (4 children) Democracy must be fragile af if this is all it takes to topple it permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago Most good things are fragile. And with most things it just takes a few assholes to ruin it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lennybird@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Democracy resisted for quite some time despite glaring problems. See the Business Plot of 1933 that was undermined by a Medal of Honor-recipient and Major General, Smedley Butler whom they tried to recruit for the coup. permalink fedilink source parent [–] x00z@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Using first-past-the-post and giving a president too much power is fragile, yes. Proportional election and a president with much less power is far safer. Some stuff takes a while to become a law, but at least it'll be an actual agreement instead of an order. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago They have been eroding education and disenfranchising voters for decades. He loves the poorly educated, you know? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago Most good things are fragile. And with most things it just takes a few assholes to ruin it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Democracy resisted for quite some time despite glaring problems. See the Business Plot of 1933 that was undermined by a Medal of Honor-recipient and Major General, Smedley Butler whom they tried to recruit for the coup. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Using first-past-the-post and giving a president too much power is fragile, yes. Proportional election and a president with much less power is far safer. Some stuff takes a while to become a law, but at least it'll be an actual agreement instead of an order. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago They have been eroding education and disenfranchising voters for decades. He loves the poorly educated, you know? permalink fedilink source parent
