“But over time, the executive branch grew exceedingly powerful. Two world wars emphasized the president’s commander in chief role and removed constraints on its power. By the second half of the 20th century, the republic was routinely fighting wars without its legislative branch, Congress, declaring war, as the Constitution required. With Congress often paralyzed by political conflict, presidents increasingly governed by edicts.”

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    8 days ago

    I’m not saying abolish social structures altogether, I’m saying change them, and we change them all the time too.

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      7 days ago

      Specifically, you are saying we should try not having empires. It’s an impossibility. Stop using freon and banning planet killer chemicals was not in the same dimension as fucking stop having civilization after we had it for 2 millenia