Americans require a 60% supermajority to reduce drug prices.
Americans require a 60% supermajority to legalize abortion nationwide.
Americans require a 60% supermajority to regulate AI
Americans require a 60% supermajority to ban gambling ads.
Basically, you can’t do anything without a 60% supermajority. It doesn’t matter who controls Congress. So politicians get elected and say “Sorry, our party can’t fix your problems”
On Reddit, some americans believe it’s a great idea. It’s crazy.
Thank god that Canada doesn’t work like that.
On the other hand they only need a simple majority to confirm a Supreme Court majority of buffoons that don’t actually give a shit about the Constitution or even internal consistency, over their pet project to turn their country into an authoritarian state.
correct, and that’s exactly how the American president became a king.
the Legislature gradually warped into a machine that never claimed or exercised power for itself (by enacting laws or protections) but only ever ceded power to the Executive (via appointment approvals, judicial nominations, etc).
if Congress had done it’s job over say, the entirety of Mitch McConnells time in office, the power of the president today would be dramatically diminished.
the US govt was completely captured long before Trump took office. they really rolled out the red carpet for an authoritarian criminal to just run with it.