It's unnerving to me

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. IMO, it isn't our system of government.

It's the people IN the government who refuse to do their constitutional duties due to corruption.

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2. Point taken

[LuckyCharms]

3. But the system does not allow for a simple remedy

for corrupted or derelict individuals within government.

[dewsgirl]

4. Unfortunately our founding fathers, couldn't quite imagine

this scenario.

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5. Spot on

[jberryhill]

13. Yes, they would never have dreamed of a government...

...organized primarily for the benefit of wealthy white men who despised taxes.

Oh, wait...

[Exotica]

19. Thread winna

[Blue_true]

8. They imagined it, that is why they set up three branches of government.

The problem right now is two branches are kissing the ass of the third one.

[njhoneybadger]

14. Yes, they couldn't imagine all these politicians with zero integrity

[Cha]

15. Nor all these brainwashing centrals like

fox fake "news" for suckers. Which one big reason why we have so many in congress with zero integrity.

[dewsgirl]

21. This is where I was going.

[RandomAccess]

6. I see 2 or 3 essential core problems

1. The Republican-controlled Congress isn't fulfilling its responsibilities -- this is huge because they're 1/3 of our checks and balances. And some of the press is just a propaganda arm. I think the Democrats in Congress could be quite a bit louder too.

2. The Founders operated on 18th Century time. We operate in a much faster -- MUCH FASTER -- an much more complex environment, so the harm can be spread exponentially.

3. ..... ?? I think there's a 3rd thing I have been contemplating but I'm not remembering it at the moment.

[Blue_true]

9. 3rd.

Conservatives have done a good job since Nixon at packing the Courts with reactionaries. They are focused on that, we are not.

[meadowlander]

12. 3. People are too brainwashed by Fox News

or too stupid or aren't paying attention.

Trump's approval ratings would be in the teens if we had an intelligent, well educated and well informed electorate and if his approval ratings were sinking the Republicans in Congress would be lining up against him.

[Duppers]

18. YES!!!

Fox News should be branded as a subversive organization and be band.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Not "weak" but CORRUPT.

They live for $$$$$ and power....traitors to their dying breath.

[lunatica]

10. Hopefully we're doing it the constitutional way

Vote him out and use the justice system to go after him and everyone helping him. I think that’s not only fair but the right way to do it.

Now if the Republicans still have the majority after the midterm elections we’ll have something to really worry about.

I know it seems too slow, but we would have to be as crooked as he is to do otherwise.

[fierywoman]

11. I totally agree.

[murielm99]

17. They might still have the majority,

even if we work hard. This is going to be an uphill battle.

[kentuck]

16. It's mostly the result of a two-party system.

Eventually, they turn to tribalism.

[Orsino]

20. We let them corrupt and strangle most of our checks and balances.

We let Congress neuter itself, stack the courts with Big Money's agents, and simply refuse to do its job when it pleases them. We let them rubber-stamp the wish lists of this president's handlers. We let them pimp themselves out to the highest bidders, whom they repay with tax cuts and deregulation.