DwZ@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoAmerica’s famed ‘checks-and-balances’ governance system is failingwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down14
arrow-up1513arrow-down1external-linkAmerica’s famed ‘checks-and-balances’ governance system is failingwww.theguardian.comDwZ@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squareGaMEChld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoBecause parties change power? And you end up setting precedent that is used against you? Not to mention the voting part is literally part of the job they are paid and elected to do?
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoSo what? You can wait until the next election and undo whatever they did. Or you can use your power to adjust the system so your opponents can’t win.
Because parties change power? And you end up setting precedent that is used against you? Not to mention the voting part is literally part of the job they are paid and elected to do?
So what? You can wait until the next election and undo whatever they did. Or you can use your power to adjust the system so your opponents can’t win.