▲ 515 ▼ Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024 (www.economist.com) submitted 2 years ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 116 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) I don’t think we have preventive measures in place so, yeah. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] P1r4nha@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) The ones that would exist are undermined. With Trump having appointed many of the judges including the Supreme Court, the different branches that could keep the president in check have lost their teeth. The different states are too independent and different that they could organize against the federal government.. It's rather the federal government keeping some of the states in check. Once that one is gone, you'll only have some states that are a safe haven. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The peoblem is that in the US the "devision of power", which is a key factor for a functioning democracy, is not realy functioning. The fact that a president can just apoint his own judges is realy scary. The whole system just needs a big redo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago The fact that a president can just apoint his own judges is realy scary. But he can't... they need to be confirmed by the senate... they are supposed to be a check against him. The fact Congress is playing for him, is arguably the scariest part. He either has a bunch of rubes that he can play like a marionette (4d chess) or there is a bubbling fascist element that has absorbed at least a third of the Republican party. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yes the US didn't realy get the system of "devision of power", which is one of the key factors of a functioning democracy. The whole system just needs a big reboot. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago electoral college has partial mechanism for this, they in theory would have power to not elect the President. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] P1r4nha@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) The ones that would exist are undermined. With Trump having appointed many of the judges including the Supreme Court, the different branches that could keep the president in check have lost their teeth. The different states are too independent and different that they could organize against the federal government.. It's rather the federal government keeping some of the states in check. Once that one is gone, you'll only have some states that are a safe haven. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The peoblem is that in the US the "devision of power", which is a key factor for a functioning democracy, is not realy functioning. The fact that a president can just apoint his own judges is realy scary. The whole system just needs a big redo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago The fact that a president can just apoint his own judges is realy scary. But he can't... they need to be confirmed by the senate... they are supposed to be a check against him. The fact Congress is playing for him, is arguably the scariest part. He either has a bunch of rubes that he can play like a marionette (4d chess) or there is a bubbling fascist element that has absorbed at least a third of the Republican party. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yes the US didn't realy get the system of "devision of power", which is one of the key factors of a functioning democracy. The whole system just needs a big reboot. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The peoblem is that in the US the "devision of power", which is a key factor for a functioning democracy, is not realy functioning. The fact that a president can just apoint his own judges is realy scary. The whole system just needs a big redo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago The fact that a president can just apoint his own judges is realy scary. But he can't... they need to be confirmed by the senate... they are supposed to be a check against him. The fact Congress is playing for him, is arguably the scariest part. He either has a bunch of rubes that he can play like a marionette (4d chess) or there is a bubbling fascist element that has absorbed at least a third of the Republican party. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago The fact that a president can just apoint his own judges is realy scary. But he can't... they need to be confirmed by the senate... they are supposed to be a check against him. The fact Congress is playing for him, is arguably the scariest part. He either has a bunch of rubes that he can play like a marionette (4d chess) or there is a bubbling fascist element that has absorbed at least a third of the Republican party. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yes the US didn't realy get the system of "devision of power", which is one of the key factors of a functioning democracy. The whole system just needs a big reboot. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago electoral college has partial mechanism for this, they in theory would have power to not elect the President. permalink fedilink source parent