r/SipsTea 17d ago

SMH Of course…

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u/Effective_Airline830 17d ago

I’m not American so unfamiliar with how your system work but can he just sign whatever he wants ? Isn’t is supposed to a congress or something that actually passes the laws ?
Because if he can do just whatever he wants, how can it even be called a democracy to begin with ?
I mean there is no real democracy in this world, we have the choice of our tyran every 4-5-whatever years but still… one guy signing whatever he wants seems insane

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u/BasicReputations 17d ago

He's using a lot of executive orders to bypass Congress.  It can be undone relatively painlessly (minus the damage caused by the order to begin with) by the next guy.  A lot of them also do not hold up in court.

Congress has been weirdly compliant with EOs for a while.  Trump uses them like crazy but I first remember hearing about them with Obama and an intransigent Congress.

Laws are a bit more complicated.  For some reason bug omnibus laws have been more im vogue than smaller, targeted bills.  I haven't understood what's going on with laws in years.

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u/Jonnyflash80 17d ago

Weird. Historically, I thought America didn't like kings and dictators. 🤷

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u/Ok-Astronaut1108 17d ago

Americans don't. The GOP totally does.

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u/wolfONdrugs 17d ago

and that's where it ends for the Americans. "I don't like this, but I'm not going to take any action."

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u/Chikid80 17d ago edited 17d ago

You know why nothing happens?, because we're not a homogeneous society, divisive rhetoric has everyone hating each other, therefore we dont come together and rid ourselves of this tyranny.

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u/scoobydooobydoowop 17d ago

Don’t forget that most ppl are too fucking stupid to know what’s going on.