ehhhh. The president is very powerful when acting in the interests of empire. If he tried to implement M4A suddenly the rest of the US government would find ways to oppose him.

[–] Des@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

yeah but he's both touching the money and deliberately rapidly disassembling the empire and they are just letting him

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

He's still acting in the interests of empire, just badly.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ehhh it'd be harder but just pull a Trump at that point. They don't do shit because "muh civilities and precedence".

Supreme court also gave the president god mode before biden left office, he could've signed an executive order saying all of congress gets medicare / medicaid like the rest of the peons and they'd probably revamp the entire healthcare industry overnight to keep their privileges.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

I think you'll find they would swallow their obsession with "civility" and "precedent" in a real damn hurry if he started doing anything they had a real problem with. It's an excuse to do nothing, not an actual limitation. They'd rather keep the excuse so they'd be reluctant but ultimately they would get over it.