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Flippin’ Jersey's avatar

I think you’re overstating the “Trump is a diety who will save us all” mindset of MAGA supporters. I feel many in this group believe Trump exposed the deep state and uniparty machines during his first term, which would never have happened absent his election. And they have hope that he will be more ruthless in paring it down in his second term. His election and Covid opened lots of eyes and ears and brains.

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Liz LaSorte's avatar

Well said and so true. What if we could get rid of the Executive and Judicial branch, and revise the Constitution to mirror the intent of America’s original Constitution, the Articles of the Confederation? The Executive office could be “Office of the Figurehead” – a diplomatic post with no federal agencies governing domestic affairs that should be in the hands of sovereign states. The Judicial branch could be more like a 50-state council for the few interstate/intrastate issues that come up. Basically, we would be united for national defense and foreign affairs, but all matters domestic would go to sovereign state jurisdictions. Let like-minded people live amongst like-minded and blue states might find that they are running out spending other’s people’s money with the federal funding gone and need to change. And, we would have no presidential elections! And, no federal elections since all Congressional delegates are governered/paid for by their state.

What were the big deficiencies of the Articles of Confederation? A common money supply and lack of communication among the states – not issues today. The problem is, too many politicians and people want to be dependent on the government. As historian Alexander Tytler noted, dependency is the last cycle of any democracy (or Constitutional republic that doesn’t follow its Constitution) before tyranny.

https://lizlasorte.substack.com/p/a-modest-proposal-part-iii-what-were?r=76q58

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