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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, it is sort of the lesson. The government sort of exists to be stable and a stabilizing force.

We've concentrated power in the executive branch for years, throughout several administrations. If one election can cause this much chaos in a month (really a few weeks). Than the government isn't performing it's primary function.

At this point I'm not sure how much it matters that one party is mostly responsible. The state is looming on failure. These radical position shifts every few years are a bad thing.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Most (none of them, probably) governments aren't designed to deal with this level of intentional destruction of infrastructure. They expect officials to govern the country, not set it on fire.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes, there is literally no governmental system that can function while operated by bad faith actors (outside of sci-fi).

The strength of a system over time is ultimately based on how well it encourages the participants to act honestly and humanely.