The deployment marks the first time federal troops have been deployed on domestic soil against the wishes of state authorities since the 1960s.
  • errerEnglish
    12·
    8 个月前

    Lots of “unwritten rules” that most presidents have followed historically. Just takes one person who doesn’t give a fuck about the rules to break the whole system wide open.

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot
      3·
      8 个月前

      Normally in a democracy you’d expect the voters to keep the politicians from violating those unwritten rules, but Americans gonna American.

      • uuldika@lemmy.ml
        2·
        8 个月前

        dictators are distressingly popular. nobody likes checks and balances when they’re holding your guy back from giving the bad guys a well-deserved beating.

        • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot
          2·
          8 个月前

          And the prevalence of guillotine-posting here shows that that attitude transcends political affiliation.

          • SoggyEnglish
            1·
            8 个月前

            Guillotine is the check against this shit.