I understand other countries don't care or would involve themselves In the internal affairs and word play of law that happens with in the boarders of the United States.

Though I am a US citizen and find this despicable. I hope pointing this out to people within the US who support and defend the Constitution ( those big 2nd amendment people who voted for the orange clown) Would take a look at this fool ruining the constitution and it's separation of powers that the founding father's fought for. Maybe they will realize that he should be impeached and tried for high crimes against the Supreme rule/law of the land. Maybe hanged for such treason. But maybe I'm hoping for to much.

[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This sentimental attachment to the Constitution shared by many Americans is ultimately self-defeating. We choose to bear this 250 year old sclerotic republic like a yoke around our necks. We look at the innumerable harm it unleashes on people inside and outside of its borders as the consequences of misleadership, instead of taking Stafford Beer's advice and reaching the conclusion that the purpose of a system is what it does.

When public approval for the institutions chartered in Articles I, II, and III are all deeply underwater, the path to judicial reform is sealed off for a generation, and the path to constitutional amendments is completely impossible (requiring the approval of no less than 78 state legislatures), it is time to consider that this thing is a liability. It cannot be fixed or restored in any meaningful sense without producing the outcome you see in front of you today. If you want a different outcome, you need to build the system differently.

Take some of the good bits. The Bill of Rights is a good start (but only a start, and woefully insufficient for our age). But don't shackle yourself or your political movement to this sinking ship. Don't be the last person wringing your hands about the desecration of a document that nobody has taken seriously for generations.

Get rid of the bicameral legislatures. The Founders explicitly wrote that these were created for undemocratic purposes. Get rid of the lifetime appointments. Get rid of all the explicit exceptions granted for putting down uprisings and slave rebellions. Explicitly prohibit the private consolidation of media and material resources. There is a lot of garbage in this constitution that we could get rid of. It is not a magical document by any stretch of the imagination.

Otherwise we play this game where we wait and see for five generations whether or not the situation of media monopolization or partisan gerrymandering can be marginally improved. We don't have time for this shit.

[+] zephiriz@lemmy.ml -6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure of your intention behind your message. I'll agree that the United Stats constitution has its flaws and I would gladly give it up for something better. Though as I see it as the supreme law of the land and as such Trump has violated its law he should be prosecuted and punished by said law.

With the flaws of the constitution I do believe the men who wrote it where rather smart and it was written in a way to prevent exactly what is happening today. Though like many words on many documents of history they are only as good as those who fallow or don't fallow them. ( a lifetime warranty is only as good as long as the company is willing to honour it) I wish to hold my government accountable to the very laws it says it stands for.

As I said I would replace it with something better if I could. And I try from within the legal framework that I can. I'm a liberal, I own guns, I go to city council meetings, I vote, I protest, I voice me concerns to my Congress men and women, I have served in the military. I would join a militia but the ones I've looked at are very Trump oriented. I would love to live in anarchy but I do not think societies and the world as a whole would not work well that way. So a world of laws will do.

Though it might sound like I am ready to spill blood of patriot and tyrant to refresh our freedoms. I am not a violet person and will try everything I can to prevent violence. While you may see things another way, I do not think you will change my mind on this. Though if you happen to control a foreign army I may look the other way if you chose to return the favor to Trump as he just did to Maduro. Or if you don't control an army you are free to take up the mantle of Luigi.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump has violated so many fucking laws and not been punished ever. Why would you think that could possibly start now? He was fucking convicted of 34 felonies. One felony practically ends a normal person's life. He was convicted of thirty-four of them at once and his "sentence" was "unconditional discharge" which is a fancy term for "I sentence you to nothing, go home."

[–] zephiriz@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Why did I say the supreme court as to busy cleaning the orange stains from their mouth with the constitution to do anything? Maybe states and state rights will mean something?