DwZ@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoAmerica’s famed ‘checks-and-balances’ governance system is failingwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square99linkfedilinkarrow-up1755arrow-down17
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minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·2 months agoIt relied on voters actually caring about corruption and imposing a cost on corrupt behaviour. Unfortunately, Americans gonna American.
minus-squarebreecher@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoCaring about corruption impartially. They may care about it if it is the opposing team doing it, but are perfectly willing to ignore it if it is their own team. And with “they” I mean the Republicans.
It relied on voters actually caring about corruption and imposing a cost on corrupt behaviour. Unfortunately, Americans gonna American.
Caring about corruption impartially. They may care about it if it is the opposing team doing it, but are perfectly willing to ignore it if it is their own team. And with “they” I mean the Republicans.