Question about the true powers of our POTUS

[MrScorpio]

10. People forget that the permanent military/intelligence war state was built in 1947

Later, the permanent drug and terrorism war states were added to them. These things were built to last, rather than the old process of retiring the massive spending apparatus of the old War Department between wars.

The new thinking posited that threats and targets are both persistent and ubiquitous. Rights slowly regarded as obstacles to security and the power of state, rather than treasures to be protected.

You're not going to see anyone get elected to office who has the intention and ability to change any of this. The system is set up to co-opt anyone who gets involved in it. Sure, if there were some peaceful revolution where folks try to resist, that's where agencies like the FBI and local and state police come in to destroy those movements. COINTELPRO by another name.