President Donald Trump’s effort to do as much as possible as quickly as possible to remake the federal government would gut agencies that have existed for decades or longer. His larger plans would remake elements of the government infrastructure that have been around for centuries.
Along with all this, he has undermined trust in systems that were largely held together by trust. How many times were we taught about the “checks and balances” built into the system, only to see they’re ultimately a facade. The court rules against an action the president takes, but they can’t actually enforce it. The president overules congress’s power to write the budget, but they can’t actually stop him.
All checks and balances required a faith in the system working along a myth that was created. Not that myth has been shown to be false and there’s no going back. It’ll take serious amendments to the constitution to repair, or a new one altogether. I don’t think either of those are happening in the current political climate though.
So yes, he’s done a lot of harm externally, but also internally.
I don’t even see how modifying the constitution can even help. It already makes so many of his actions illegal. It’ll always come down to whether someone can enforce the law: but what happens when they’re complicit?
One of the reasons the checks and balances myth was so compelling is that it didn’t even rely on ethical or responsible leaders. Basic human emotions like greed, ego, and lust for power, so prevalent in politicians, should have compelled them to protect their turf. Not only is Congress full of corrupt, spiteful racist traitors fully complicit, how does their base nature not make them stand up and say “the power of the purse is mine”
Along with all this, he has undermined trust in systems that were largely held together by trust. How many times were we taught about the “checks and balances” built into the system, only to see they’re ultimately a facade. The court rules against an action the president takes, but they can’t actually enforce it. The president overules congress’s power to write the budget, but they can’t actually stop him.
All checks and balances required a faith in the system working along a myth that was created. Not that myth has been shown to be false and there’s no going back. It’ll take serious amendments to the constitution to repair, or a new one altogether. I don’t think either of those are happening in the current political climate though.
So yes, he’s done a lot of harm externally, but also internally.
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I don’t even see how modifying the constitution can even help. It already makes so many of his actions illegal. It’ll always come down to whether someone can enforce the law: but what happens when they’re complicit?
One of the reasons the checks and balances myth was so compelling is that it didn’t even rely on ethical or responsible leaders. Basic human emotions like greed, ego, and lust for power, so prevalent in politicians, should have compelled them to protect their turf. Not only is Congress full of corrupt, spiteful racist traitors fully complicit, how does their base nature not make them stand up and say “the power of the purse is mine”