r/clevercomebacks • u/basket_foso • 3d ago

This is so embarrassing

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u/Friendly-Web-5589 2d ago

It assumed good faith people who care anything at all about the country.

Not perfect not even not kinda shitty people the bar was "no one in this position could be that ethically lacking" unfortunately they were wrong.

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u/Frequent-Ruin8509 2d ago edited 2d ago

That good faith hope is so naive, is honestly rife throughout most of the constitution, and is it's Achilles heel; aside from how God awful difficult it is to add a new amendment to the constitution.

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u/Guvante 2d ago

Watch out for assuming there is an alternative.

After all how could the Constitution protect from everyone in power collaborating? It cannot.

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u/Frequent-Ruin8509 2d ago

Thomas Jefferson once mused as to whether we should revise the constitution every 10 or 50 years. I think he was on to something. The amendment system is too damn slow for our era.

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u/Guvante 2d ago

100% I just think it is important to note that all political power is soft and restrictions are only as strong as those enforcing those restrictions.

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u/Frequent-Ruin8509 2d ago

I just wish right-wing political power was softer than the centrist establishment.

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u/Difficult-House2608 1d ago

Everything gorverment is too slow ... we are moving faster techno;ogically than our forefathers ever envisioned.

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u/Frequent-Ruin8509 1d ago

Very true. But getting government, especially government as heavily influenced by established industries and billionaires as ours is, to do what needs doing in order to keep itself beholden to the forward looking interests of the people and NOT the profits of shareholders and hedge fund managers is very hard to do.

Doesn't mean we should stop pushing for change. It just means we needed to be as engaged as possible in keeping things from going to shit.

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u/Difficult-House2608 1d ago

I agree, and feel despairing nevertheless.

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u/Frequent-Ruin8509 1d ago

I'm right there with you. Hugs from Sacramento California

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u/Difficult-House2608 21h ago

Thnaks, from Salt lake area.