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- db2@lemmy.worldEnglish4 days
They always explained government as having built in checks and balances that keep things functioning and not going off the rails.
Where have any of these supposed devices been?
- hexdream@lemmy.worldEnglish4 days
No more checks. The corrupt prefer cash, bank transfer (ideally through shell companies) or stock. As for balances, as long as the balance is tilted in their favor, they don’t give a fuck.
- stealth_cookies@lemmy.caEnglish4 days
We’ve learned that checks and balances only work as well as they are enforced.
- 4 days
Checks were definitely written.
Balances were certainly also involved.
Just not the ones you hoped for.
- brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish4 days
Washington worried about political parties overpowering the checks before he was even president, and worried until his deathbed. This was taught in school, IIRC.
