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President Trump is showing us why concentrated power is so dangerous (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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As you can all see, power can easily corrupt anyone.

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[–] 68 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Power can corrupt, but Americans took corrupt and gave it the power. Again.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Power corrupts. Always. Every time. That's the basic idea behind democracy. You only get power for a limited time and you're bound by law and held accountable for breaking it. That's why besides free and fair elections the other pillars of democracy are rule of law and the separation of powers. Right now we can see in the US what happens when these principles are overturned.

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