• febra@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    That’s because liberals only think in the framework of laws and bureaucracy.

    They never expect an organised group of people to work towards their goals regardless of what the law books say or not.

    When people will finally start questioning authority and the meaning of this stack of paper we call “laws” just to feel more civilised, they’ll unterstand how to fight against this.

    States can be dismantled overnight. No law book will stop them from doing so.

    The American state is very fragile right now. Through these cracks we see what real power is, and who conveys it. Spoiler alert: it’s not the constitution nor the law books

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      9 hours ago

      One thing the 2020 election cycle really hammered in with me is that our system of checks and balances are only as powerful as the integrity of those executing them.