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[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net [S] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A managed economy could happen and would be highly efficient, especially because running a nation is a collective endeavour. Individuals fail but groups have memory.

Yeah. Imagine how prosperous the United States would be if the current administration was running it as a managed economy.

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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine if any country could manage itself, by thinking ahead and admiting bad actors could arise, thus preparing in advance for it.

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[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

The United States was preparing in advance for bad actors like Trump since 1787 and it didn't fucking help.

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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

No it wasn't and it never did.

The constitution itself allows for a very small group of individuals to control the entire country, from the first moment it was written.

It was never truly reviewed to allow a proper redistribution of voting power throughout all the states and it still allows for indirect election of the most powerful state figure, where it should instead by directly elected by popular vote.

The gerrymandering, the filibusting, two chambers system, common law system, etc.

The american government was never created to be a proper one; it was an emulation of the english system but even more botched.

The document itself should have been thrown in the trash and a new one written, the moment the civil war broke. And again it should had been trashed when the market crash happened.

There is only so much an ammendement can do.

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