FuckyWucky [none/use name] to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish • 17 days agoTrump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as presidentapnews.commessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkTrump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as presidentapnews.comFuckyWucky [none/use name] to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish • 17 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
minus-squareCarbonScored [any]linkfedilinkEnglish50•16 days agoThe US has blatantly disregarded the constitution loads of times. To pretend that breaking it now would necessarily lead to collapse is a bit weird.
minus-square@tooting_lemmy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•16 days agoI think there’s a difference between ending democracy and whatever you’re referring to.
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]linkfedilinkEnglish5•16 days agoLetting someone run for additional terms isn’t exactly ending democracy. If anything, stopping people from voting for their preferred candidate because they’ve already been president is less democratic than allowing additional terms.
The US has blatantly disregarded the constitution loads of times. To pretend that breaking it now would necessarily lead to collapse is a bit weird.
I think there’s a difference between ending democracy and whatever you’re referring to.
Letting someone run for additional terms isn’t exactly ending democracy. If anything, stopping people from voting for their preferred candidate because they’ve already been president is less democratic than allowing additional terms.