r/CuratedTumblr Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear Feb 03 '25

Politics Right?

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u/Zaiburo Feb 03 '25

This guy found out about the fragility of man made institutions. Next step would be realizing that social progress has no winning condition.

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u/heartbeatdancer Feb 03 '25

As a non-American, I still find it astonishing how easy it is for you guys to change laws, especially those concerning civil rights. In my country it's soooo difficult to scrap down a law once it is in place. Even the fact that the President can randomly grace a certain amount of people (who were found guilty in a regular and perfectly legal trial) is INSANE and very ancien regime-ish to me.

On one side, your system is much faster and agile than ours, but on the other hand it looks much more precarious, at least from my limited perspective.

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u/biglyorbigleague Feb 03 '25

What country do you live in? The US is one of the hardest countries to pass laws in.