▲ 1251 ▼ Both expelled members of ‘Tennessee Three’ win back their state House seats (apnews.com) submitted 3 years ago by GiddyGap@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) We're are learning that building a government based on the idea that the members of that government will act in good faith was fucking stupid. Here's to hoping we can figure out how to solve the bad-faith problem without Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] catshit_dogfart@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago You know, I've heard it said that democracies founded in Europe after WW2 had an advantage because they could see the result of mistakes in the USA's founding. Like clearly X, Y, and Z was a mistake that they couldn't have known at the time - but now we know better, so let's not repeat that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] catshit_dogfart@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago You know, I've heard it said that democracies founded in Europe after WW2 had an advantage because they could see the result of mistakes in the USA's founding. Like clearly X, Y, and Z was a mistake that they couldn't have known at the time - but now we know better, so let's not repeat that. permalink fedilink source parent