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[-] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year 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.

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