Power can corrupt, but Americans took corrupt and gave it the power. Again.
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Yeah man, Trump was clearly only corrupted when he got power...
Hate to break it to you, but that dude was always corrupt.
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The fundamental problem is that, while the people grant power to representatives at elections, there is no mechanism to revoke it. For example, the Senate can impeach the president mid-term, but the people cannot. Nor can they remove their senators or congressional representatives.
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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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I think he was pretty clear about who he was for quite some time.
Yah we should get rid of the office of the president
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If this were a dictatorship it would be a heck of a lot easier... as long as I'm the dictator. Hehehe.
I guess Dubya was kinda prophetic.
And yet so many people on the left seem to think if only it was their guy terrorizing everyone things would be just peachy.
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