You’d think a hegemony with a 100-years tradition of upkeeping democracy against major non-democratic players, would have some mechanism that would prevent itself from throwing down it’s key ideology.

Is it really that the president is all that decides about the future of democracy itself? Is 53 out of 100 senate seats really enough to make country fall into authoritarian regime? Is the army really not constitutionally obliged to step in and save the day?

I’d never think that, of all places, American democracy would be the most volatile.

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      16 hours ago

      HAHAHAHHAHAAH

      you were making a joke, right? Because Trump right now is using the constitution and the bill of rights and everything like it in his personal bathroom as toilet paper.

      We’re 2 days in and it’s already a giant shit show world wide and we have 4 more years to go.

      You better brace yourself for what’s coming

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      17 hours ago

      To be fair, that’s a piece of paper. If the President violates that and isn’t impeached then there’s nothing physical to stop him.

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        This guy has been impeached twice and convicted of 34 felony charges. So we actually need something physical to stop him.