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   David Todd McCarty (davidtoddmccarty@me.dm)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 10:43:25 JST David Todd McCarty

   I’m tired of having this conversation, especially with foreigners, but the US is not going to change it’s form of government. If it ever were to, it would cease to be this country and it would require violent revolution, civil war, or a full invasion and subjugation. It’s not happening without millions dying and full scale economic collapse.

   So, don’t tell me what experimental form of government you think we should take. It’s not a theoretical thought experiment for me.

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 10:43:24 JST Warner Crocker

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     @davidtoddmccarty Yup. It would require dipping into that list of horribles. Wrapping ourselves in the myth of American Exceptionalism for so long as kept us blind to the history of humankind that has seen any and all of them come and go.

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 10:50:51 JST Warner Crocker

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     @davidtoddmccarty I buy all of that. And thus my argument

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     David Todd McCarty (davidtoddmccarty@me.dm)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 10:50:52 JST David Todd McCarty

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     • Warner Crocker

     @WarnerCrocker It’s not even that for me. While our constitution is amendable, the requirements are not longer realistic and the structure itself is too flawed to allow it. We could never change it because no one would ever agree to it. Like all the empty flyover states like the Dakotas are just going to concede power for the good of the country. You’d have to rewrite the constitution, starting from scratch. People act like a bunch of eggheads would be in charge. How do you think we got here?