@tfamerica3000 @tommy_pane @adamsteinbaugh You recall that there have been calls for making laws against the various Trump treacheries, saying "he is breaking the norms but there are no laws..."
This is the exact problem, and the line between a corrupt society, lawless, that needs laws to keep everyone in check,
and a
This is the exact problem, and the line between a corrupt society, lawless, that needs laws to keep everyone in check,
and a
@tfamerica3000 @tommy_pane @adamsteinbaugh 2/ principled ones, where the citizenry is responsible, not trying to take every possible personal advantage, basically a society governed by "the rule of law".
An easy ex being intersections/stop lights.
If everyone has respect for the rules, there is a natural working flow.
An easy ex being intersections/stop lights.
If everyone has respect for the rules, there is a natural working flow.
@tfamerica3000 @tommy_pane @adamsteinbaugh 3/ When an individual breaks the rules and runs a light it causes a crash. When "everyone" tries to run the yellow etc. the 'lawmakers' have to extend the yellow to try to avoid the crash [&etc]..eventually the system is so violated it becomes untenable & you end up w traffic
@tfamerica3000 @tommy_pane @adamsteinbaugh 4/ that is found in other countries where the underlying principle is "the biggest vehicle has the right of way"... or the most brash...
The system devolves into a "tyranny" of sorts.
The analogy is exact. IMO.
By requiring more & more laws to cover what was once organized
The system devolves into a "tyranny" of sorts.
The analogy is exact. IMO.
By requiring more & more laws to cover what was once organized
@tfamerica3000 @tommy_pane @adamsteinbaugh 5/ by principles and a general consent to the general benefit of the commonweal, we are becoming more lawless, not more.
And someone like a Trump (who is at root a charletan, but an idiot, preparing the ground for someone actually competent in his venality) who has no
And someone like a Trump (who is at root a charletan, but an idiot, preparing the ground for someone actually competent in his venality) who has no
@tfamerica3000 @tommy_pane @adamsteinbaugh 6/ compunction to take any/everything he can. And now the GOP (GTP?) has capitulated into that mode...[ref a prior post of mine re the nature of the GOP to power...that they want power at any cost...Even the cost of the American system].
and etc.
it is a deep subject.
And we
and etc.
it is a deep subject.
And we
@tfamerica3000 @tommy_pane @adamsteinbaugh 7/ are in it deep.
My 2 bits.
Sorry for being discursive.
ref my link re GOP/power.
My 2 bits.
Sorry for being discursive.
ref my link re GOP/power.
https://twitter.com/mhbx/status/1420754873386110984?s=20
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