Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIt's good to be da kinglocklemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square335fedilinkarrow-up11.34Karrow-down122file-text
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minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down6·3 days agobecause it’s a tool that can be useful
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoIt shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoMaybe as a last resort. Not the defacto standard, every couple of months let’s hold the entire government hostage. Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYes, of course, as a last resort.
because it’s a tool that can be useful
It shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
It’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
Maybe as a last resort. Not the defacto standard, every couple of months let’s hold the entire government hostage.
Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone.
Yes, of course, as a last resort.
Useful to whom?