• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    Remember: this is the jackass that claims the Overton Window moved to the left, LOL. To demonstrate this “fact”, he used a cartoon. And that’s why he had to be a fascist.

    Typical DARVO bullshit.

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    Good luck with that. Many more people are paying attention now and see whats happening in this country. For example Aipac and other outside groups flushed 60 million down the toilet to support primary loser Haley Steven’s in Michigan. Elon is more of a global pariah now than he was during the last election.

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      It never was. It’s a constitutional republic created to benefit slave-owning, white, male property owners.

      The constitution should’ve been burned and rewritten multiple times already. An archaic, 250-year-old document isn’t relevant in modern times.

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        Exactly. More to the point, it was designed to be rewritten and modified. The founders knew it would need to be changed. The problem is, the USA has become so big, and we’ve made it so hard to do so.

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          Well, basically the entire thing. The changes needed to truly democratize and modernize the document would require a complete rewrite.

          There’s many things that need changing, but some of the basics would be to abolish the senate to eliminate disproportionate representation that led to the coup we just experienced, for one. The establishment of a true parliamentary system where representatives can be recalled at any time, second. Then, minimizing and subjugating the power of the executive and courts to parliament.

          I would prefer the parliament nominate a prime minister who serves at the will of the people and can be dismissed at any time, and not have complete control over the military and bureaucracy.

          Prevention and punishment for political corruption needs to be baked into the constitution to ensure politicians truly serve as servants to the public will and are forbidden from pursuing their own financial interests in office.

          I could go on and on about more specific things like the right to arms, but I’d I have to write an essay.

          The framers themselves intended for the document to be rewritten over time. Jefferson said the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of tyrants, or something that effect.

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              You can’t “line item” each thing. The entire document requires a convoluted and complicated process that prevents things from being rewritten easily.

              That’s why the entire thing needs to be scrapped. Other countries have already done this multiple times and they’re fine.

              The USA constitution is not sacred nor worth preserving. It’s archaic and needs to go. Traditionalism holds back human progress and nationalism led to fascism in this country.

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                Gonna just have to flat out disagree with you then. A large majority of it is still extremely relevant to our modern society. Sure it’s not perfect, but nothing is.

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                  Tell me the constitutional weaknesses and loopholes weren’t exploited to allow the oligarchs to hand power to a fascist traitor who doesn’t respect the law.

                  What good is a constitution if it can’t even prevent the situation we’re in now?

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    I don’t understand why people are allowed to give money to politicians that aren’t in their district. Like only donate to politicians that are running in the district that you’re registered to vote in.

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      “Nicer” to be able to do whatever you want to anyone you want without a single actual consequence. The life of an American billionaire. True freedom.

      (Can someone please 86 this mofo already?)

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    That would take a 100 years to earn if you earn 1 millon a year - and pay no tax… I doubt many here are on that kind of money. Scarier still, this is most likely less than his passive income this year from his investments.

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      If you work from age 20 to 70, 50 years, earning $50,000/year every year, and spent none of it, on taxes, on housing, on food, on TV, on fun things. You would make 2.5 million dollars in your lifetime.

      Abolish Billionaires+.

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    Vote for people that musky boy doesn’t support. It’s a drop in the ocean for the cunt, but make sure that the money is wasted and that he fucking knows it