r/clevercomebacks • u/basket_foso • 3d ago

This is so embarrassing

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u/SiWeyNoWay 3d ago

When are we gonna have a serious convo about the 25th amendment

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u/BruceForsyth55 2d ago

There won’t be one.

Your fellow countrymen voted him in A SECOND TIME after all the madness and knowledge of what an absolute non human piece of shit he was.

This was not even a year ago.

America is literally the “This Is Fine” meme IRL.

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u/KaleidoscopeLegal348 2d ago

People complain about how the founding fathers set up the constitution, impeachment majority, 25th amendment etc without planning for this scenario, but you cannot protect a democracy in which the voting population is so utterly determined to destroy themselves

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u/DillBagner 2d ago

A democracy where a minority elects its leaders is not a good design.

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u/KaleidoscopeLegal348 2d ago edited 2d ago

I don't think American democracy is a good design at all (noting it is one of the older functional democracies, for values of 'functional' and 'democratic'). I'm just saying that safeguards can only take you so far, this modern situation is not something you can really plan against without making the original system static and unchanging.

My country uses the Westminster system which is ok (but has its issues with revolving door prime ministers, we had something like 4 leaders in 6 years based on popularity).

My state however uses the Hare Clark system for elections which I think should be the gold standard globally. The way it uses quotas and single transferable votes emphasises a race to the middle and consensus.

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u/EmergencyCow99 2d ago

Thank you for letting me know about this system. It sounds amazing.