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The United States experiment was never designed to handle a person like Trump [View all] Wanderlust988 Oct 2025 OP
The founders anticipated the possibility of bad actors in government, Ocelot II Oct 2025 #1
I think they also didn't anticipate Congress abdicating its power Raven123 Oct 2025 #3
Likely not, nor the reason they abdicated - which is that they're so afraid Ocelot II Oct 2025 #11
Agreed athough I think the abdication started before Trump Raven123 Oct 2025 #24
All 3 branches have favored the wealthy elites leftstreet Oct 2025 #5
It beggars the question. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2025 #9
The Fore Fathers never conceived that there could be this many idiots that would vote for him. Turbineguy Oct 2025 #2
In their time only white male landowners could vote leftstreet Oct 2025 #6
Yet it's disproportionately white men who support this tyrant. unblock Oct 2025 #10
That makes sense leftstreet Oct 2025 #18
Oh they certainly knew. unblock Oct 2025 #12
Yeah they did. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2025 #21
Then it was dumb from go: Trump is a run-of-the-mill demagogue aligned with predictable oligarchs Prairie Gates Oct 2025 #4
True, but we did have a preview and held the WH, H and Senate and did nothing. dutch777 Oct 2025 #7
If we, (Democrats) ever hold power again, we had better grow some balls. (metaphorically). Ferrets are Cool Oct 2025 #28
The founders absolutely contemplated someone like Donnie and did a lot to counter tyranny unblock Oct 2025 #8
It was never designed to handle an entirely corrupt political party Mysterian Oct 2025 #13
Apportionment of Senators was necessary ITAL Oct 2025 #23
I'm aware of the history Mysterian Oct 2025 #25
Small state concerns had to be included ITAL Oct 2025 #26
Riiiiiight Mysterian Oct 2025 #29
I know where Franklin's quote came from ITAL Oct 2025 #30
I would phrase it a little differently genxlib Oct 2025 #14
Good points leftstreet Oct 2025 #17
YES IT WAS! Mad King George III usonian Oct 2025 #15
True. Hope we figure how how to handle this for the next 3+ years, and whatever comes afterwards. Silent Type Oct 2025 #16
The system Timewas Oct 2025 #19
The founding fathers had no way of envisioning modern communication systems, including, but not limited to, Sogo Oct 2025 #20
"History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Ping Tung Oct 2025 #22
All it took was one bad actor who disregarded ALL the rules. Hell , I'm not even positive that things would be any Ferrets are Cool Oct 2025 #27
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