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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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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's why there are (were?) three branches with the intention of balancing each other to some degree. The Founders knew what could happen. They just didn't foresee two of the branches ceding their power to the executive.

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

    One of the three branches is nominated and confirmed by the other two branches, so you only really have to capture the senate and the presidency, as we have seen.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Taking the judiciary is a long term project though. It's resistant to short term swings associated with the rise of autocrats. The problem is the Republicans have been moving in this direction for decades.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The basic idea of the founders was good, but the US implementation of checks and balances is wildly outdated. There were several points where equivalent powers have proven disastrous in other countries over the last 3 centuries, and the US failed to act upon such data.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, the president isn't even supposed to have that much power. It's the party-first subservience in the other two branches, especially the legislative branch, which is exacerbating the issue. And the fact that the state-level governments are bowing down to Der Leader whuch appear to be amplifying his bullshit.

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