• errer@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Lots of “unwritten rules” that most presidents have followed historically. Just takes one person who doesn’t give a fuck about the rules to break the whole system wide open.

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Normally in a democracy you’d expect the voters to keep the politicians from violating those unwritten rules, but Americans gonna American.

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        3 hours ago

        dictators are distressingly popular. nobody likes checks and balances when they’re holding your guy back from giving the bad guys a well-deserved beating.