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President Trump is showing us why concentrated power is so dangerous (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by OneSpectra@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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As you can all see, power can easily corrupt anyone.

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[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You say that like it would help us currently. We keep electing these people. We're clearly not collectively interested in removing them from power.

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

I don't know about that. There have been a lot of people saying "leopards ate my face". I think it would make a difference if the leopards could be removed after the first bite, instead of being able to keep eating for 5 years.