▲ 845 ▼ Kevin McCarthy is ousted as House speaker in a historic vote pushed by conservatives (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 263 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Considering no one would formalize game theory for 150 years it's not particularly surprising. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago You don't need to necessarily formalize game theory to consider things like: hey, we just gave the president the authority to pardon. Couldn't they abuse that? What if they pardon someone who was doing something illegal that they ordered? What if they commit a crime and pardon themselves? I mean, that's the most obvious one that you don't really need formal game theory to know could be a problem. Then there are all the other problems. Checks and balances are good, but when a powerful faction uses its power to put loyalists into the thing that's supposed to balance them, the system seems to unravel. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago You don't need to necessarily formalize game theory to consider things like: hey, we just gave the president the authority to pardon. Couldn't they abuse that? What if they pardon someone who was doing something illegal that they ordered? What if they commit a crime and pardon themselves? I mean, that's the most obvious one that you don't really need formal game theory to know could be a problem. Then there are all the other problems. Checks and balances are good, but when a powerful faction uses its power to put loyalists into the thing that's supposed to balance them, the system seems to unravel. permalink fedilink source parent