During the Trump years, we learned that our system of government is more fragile than we realized. It is heavily dependent on “norms and traditions” and even the rules by which the two houses of Congress conduct business ex. the filibuster. The operation of our government is very heavily dependent on the character of the elected official…
During the Trump years, we learned that our system of government is more fragile than we realized. It is heavily dependent on “norms and traditions” and even the rules by which the two houses of Congress conduct business ex. the filibuster. The operation of our government is very heavily dependent on the character of the elected officials. When laws are broken, and the elected officials say, “So what? Who cares? “ we are in serious trouble. Our common political life has been turned into a cheap, tacky reality show shown daily on Fox.
Jenn, you are so correct. The Trump years exposed the fool's paradise we've been living in for 250 years. The Founders were men of character (albeit slave holders, but that's a separate argument), and I suspect they firmly believed their heirs to the government would also always be men of character, putting country and democracy above their own self-interest.
Now that we've had a thoroughly corrupt Chief Executive, and a proven corrupt and corruptible Congress, the future demands that we remedy this oversight PDQ. That will be a very steep climb, considering how we are living in two realities these days, but it must be done.
Yep. You can't depend upon people without a moral conscience to govern in a fair and just manner. It's about the character of leaders. And that folks, is where the problem is. IMHO of course.
During the Trump years, we learned that our system of government is more fragile than we realized. It is heavily dependent on “norms and traditions” and even the rules by which the two houses of Congress conduct business ex. the filibuster. The operation of our government is very heavily dependent on the character of the elected officials. When laws are broken, and the elected officials say, “So what? Who cares? “ we are in serious trouble. Our common political life has been turned into a cheap, tacky reality show shown daily on Fox.
Jenn, you are so correct. The Trump years exposed the fool's paradise we've been living in for 250 years. The Founders were men of character (albeit slave holders, but that's a separate argument), and I suspect they firmly believed their heirs to the government would also always be men of character, putting country and democracy above their own self-interest.
Now that we've had a thoroughly corrupt Chief Executive, and a proven corrupt and corruptible Congress, the future demands that we remedy this oversight PDQ. That will be a very steep climb, considering how we are living in two realities these days, but it must be done.
Yep. You can't depend upon people without a moral conscience to govern in a fair and just manner. It's about the character of leaders. And that folks, is where the problem is. IMHO of course.
Face time on Fox has become the primary objective.