Thesis: The executive branch is becoming too powerful.

Antithesis: If that ever happened, the white-collar desk jockeys at the IRS would rise in revolt against authoritarianism.

Synthesis: Democracies cannot be authoritarian as long as they pass the us-foreign-policy test.

  • edge [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    That’s not even a loophole. The Constitution is purposefully amendable (as any constitution should be), which inherently means the system of governance is amendable (again as any constitution should be).