• @FRCLYE
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    381 year ago

    Compared to most constitutions on the planet, it’s considered a short one.

    • @[email protected]
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      251 year ago

      I think compared to most governments on the planet, the US Federal government was supposed to be a tiny one. That’s why it’s not supposed to be allowed to do virtually anything it does today.

      The workarounds to grow the federal government are kinda like you’re stuck on a desert island and all you have is coconuts, so you build your house out of coconuts, you build your car with coconuts, you build a wife with coconuts, you build your kids with coconuts, a whole society built out of coconuts. It’s like "This is impressive, but what the hell made you think this was the intent of the assignment?

      • Overzeetop
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        171 year ago

        you build your wife with coconuts

        I vote we skip any more discussion about how we’re going to be using coconuts on this island.

        • @Spiralvortexisalie
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          31 year ago

          A coconut wife sounds amazing, especially if they were to start buzzing with life one day.

          • Capt. Wolf
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            21 year ago

            There are some reddit stories that I just don’t need to be reminded of… 🤢

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      • @SCB
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        11 year ago

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    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      I just looked it up and it seems that the German constitution has more than 350 pages. But the first 20 sections contain the most important and almost unchangeable foundaries.

      • @saltesc
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        21 year ago

        To be fair, Germany has a loooong and mega history, and they’d have been thorough out of necessity. No idea what’s in there, but I assume there’s a lot that addresses all the parts and histories of Germany before it was unified. It would’ve been a nightmare drafting that thing up initially.