when was the last time congress failed to approve military action when given the chance?

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14. people are blinded by institutions and can't see where the real power is.

the president, and often congress, are in many cases effectively powerless to prevent certain things from happening.

piss off enough important people and you get impeached, voted out, primaried, scandalized, or killed.

often all a president can do is delay something for 4 or 8 years.

often congress is merely a conduit for the real power, most of which lies in heavily concentrated pockets of wealth these days.

hearst knew he and private war profiteers could make it happen.

and we see how little has changed.