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Re: A whole civilization might die tonight

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This is what happens when there's no effective opposition. Where are the dems? Where's the press?

> This is what happens when there's no effective opposition. Where are the dems? Where's the press?

The US is functioning as a banana republic style totalitarian regime for a few years. Even Venezuela has a tougher opposition.

Re: A whole civilization might die tonight

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fatal flaw in our separation of powers is that even if congressional dems had a super majority, congress is powerless to enforce anything. And the press has been covering Trump's rhetoric and the war pretty heavily.

So the "checks and balances" we were taught in school was just nonsense?

They weren't nonsense until we had people in positions of power decide that they were.

At the end of the day, pieces of paper are just pieces of paper.

Re: A whole civilization might die tonight

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Destruction for no good reason.

Even those who don't care about innocent lives recognize the horrible consequences for everyone else:

- Iran empowered to tax the strait of Hormuz indefinitely with high insurance

- Russia empowered with access to the middle east since the Iranians will have to embrace their only ally

Trump enablers are responsible.

Re: A whole civilization might die tonight

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fatal flaw in our separation of powers is that even if congressional dems had a super majority, congress is powerless to enforce anything. And the press has been covering Trump's rhetoric and the war pretty heavily.

So the "checks and balances" we were taught in school was just nonsense?

How could it be that a political system which remained largely structurally unchanged since the freaking 18th century isn't equipped to deal with everything that has been going on in the world since then?

It must be due to bad actors.

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