Here’s the secret that my boy Montesquieu knew way back in the day: government rules by the consent of the governed. The constitution is a scrap of paper and only holds the power we believe it does. Trump gets away with his blatantly unconstitutional bullshit because of the consent of the governed; he tries it, whether he knows he can get away with it or not, and often succeeds. The democrats need to get with the times. High roading is over, become difficult.
While they probably would have disagreed about everything else, I think Montesquieu would have agreed with Mao’s statement that political power grows from the barrel of a gun. In Montesquieu 's day the numbers of armed civilians would have easily eclipsed any slight edge in technology and tactics that the military would have. Today however, even if we had every citizen pick up an AR-15, it would be insignificant to the bombs and missiles and artillery the military could field. The consent of the governed is no longer needed.
Here’s the secret that my boy Montesquieu knew way back in the day: government rules by the consent of the governed. The constitution is a scrap of paper and only holds the power we believe it does. Trump gets away with his blatantly unconstitutional bullshit because of the consent of the governed; he tries it, whether he knows he can get away with it or not, and often succeeds. The democrats need to get with the times. High roading is over, become difficult.
While they probably would have disagreed about everything else, I think Montesquieu would have agreed with Mao’s statement that political power grows from the barrel of a gun. In Montesquieu 's day the numbers of armed civilians would have easily eclipsed any slight edge in technology and tactics that the military would have. Today however, even if we had every citizen pick up an AR-15, it would be insignificant to the bombs and missiles and artillery the military could field. The consent of the governed is no longer needed.
[gestures vaguely at Afghanistan]