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kevwaffles posted...

To put it another way, you're saying most anyone else in Biden's place would do the same and thus get the same treatment

Pretty much! These are common sense moves, but will have a meaningful impact because of how dire the situation was. The mask one in particular really struck me, here any indoor public space requires a mask and has since near the start of the pandemic. Its a very obvious move. I had kind of figured, but it does drive home just how much Trump refused to handle COVID.

What I had hoped would be the response to Trump though was the removal of power from the executive. Its messed up that one person can wield that much power with fairly insufficient checks. Its also unique in democracies, even compromised ones. Like, remember after the failed coup in Turkey, when Erdogan used a narrow referendum to give himself a ton of extra powers as President? And how he was rightly decried as a tinpot dictator for it? He still doesnt have nearly as much internal power as the POTUS does. Same deal with Orban. Its wild, and a relic of a bygone age when leaders had a lot more power. Its very concerning that the presidency is as powerful as it is.

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