Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
> Mike Lorrey wrote:
> >
> > Jo
> > Yes, but that doesn't answer my point. The road to hell is paved with
> > good intentions, Joe, and what occured in Germany in the 1930's is a
> > direct result of those 'democratizing', liberal, policies enacted from
> > good intentions in the 1920's.
>
> As I am sure you know there are many who with disagree with you
> with tons of argument to back them up. Germany was in pretty
> sad shape after WWI and the disasterous terms forced upon the
> country. Another factor was a cultural value and philosophical
> collapse that left a vacuum for any sort of 'meaning'. Sound
> familiar?
>
> >
> > We have some rather significant checks in our system to protect against
> > this occuring here for good reason. While one could argue that
> > eliminating them may not cause any harm so long as everybody acts in
> > good faith, the system is designed to function even when a large number
> > of people are acting in bad faith, as so many actors in the current day
> > political process are doing.
> >
>
> We have no adequate protection from much the same thing
> happening here.
At the moment, no, but not because of the Constitution.
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