DwZ@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoAmerica’s famed ‘checks-and-balances’ governance system is failingwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1685arrow-down15
arrow-up1680arrow-down1external-linkAmerica’s famed ‘checks-and-balances’ governance system is failingwww.theguardian.comDwZ@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareGaMEChld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-216 hours agoBecause parties change power? And you end up setting precedent that is used against you? Not to mention the voting part is literally part of the job they are paid and elected to do?
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·16 hours agoSo what? You can wait until the next election and undo whatever they did. Or you can use your power to adjust the system so your opponents can’t win.
Because parties change power? And you end up setting precedent that is used against you? Not to mention the voting part is literally part of the job they are paid and elected to do?
So what? You can wait until the next election and undo whatever they did. Or you can use your power to adjust the system so your opponents can’t win.