• exanime@lemmy.today
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    6 months ago

    The way American politics are going, you need a full reset. There is no power that is not being abused but powers are needed for a government to work

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      6 months ago

      What’s the most recent example of “full reset” for a comparable nation with the economic output, military power, or population size similar to America? The USSR? Any examples that are more successful?

      I’m not arguing that change isn’t needed, it is, but what’s realistic. Especially when going up against those with the greatest vested interest in status quo, those brainwashed to rail against what’s in their best interest or the greater good, or those too apathetic to engage with any of it.

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        6 months ago

        Democracy was widely regarded as a failed experiment in antiquity up until the French revolution. There are multiple realistic avenues towards a “full reset”, like everyone joining a union and then building new power structures around the existing ones.

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        6 months ago

        “Realistic goals” at this point have simply become to move away from America until it goes the way of the Roman Empire, then come back to rebuild the ashes.