Squire Boone

I regret to say there is no institutional structure that is immune to sufficiently motivated bad actors. Ultimately the only check is us.

Jun 11, 2024 at 03:30 UTC

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@davidfetter.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 15:46 UTC

There are, however, institutional structures designed from the ground up to create and maintain impunity, and the Supreme Court is an excellent example of same.

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wishda @wishda.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 18:14 UTC

Our federal system has a replicable issue with collapsing into dictatorship. It’s had a real bad track record in Latin America, especially. The U.S. State Department does not really on it as a model for nation building, either. The political science for why the U.S. hasn’t here is “norms.”

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