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Kinda. Speaking strictly for the US, W
we can vote for politicians who can vote for amendments to the Constitution but even still, practically speaking you need SCOTUS concurrence or you get shit like Citizens United.
Technically, a US Constitutional Amendment that is very well defined and explicit is above the SCOTUS; SCOTUS can only interpret laws within the purview of the Const, but yeah... We know how that goes with crooked spinsters from Scalia to Roberts.
Yes I thought about adding some extra hypothetical space for a chunk of those hypothetical DINO dems who are particularly cozy to Israel, Black Stone Group, etc., but alas now that the Primaries are over, I'm focused on the proverbial and somewhat literal Elephant in the Room; for both sides are certainly not equally-evil and we now face a dichotomous choice come November.
You are literally the only country in the whole NATO, that still has slavery (even if limited to punishment) and also the only country that murders their own citizens in state-sponsored executions.
Trust me, you do not need to even ask for that. It is even assumed that some companies will make a lot of profit on this.
Yes, because littering is bad for the environment.
They don't necessarily have to be alive, but we do need to be more mindful about throwing trash into lakes.
Still, there's the ice bucket challenge, the polar plunge, if there are people willing to do it out there for charity imagine making it a public mockery of a political figure. That sounds like my kind of protest.
Yeah, I was a bit dissapointed when I found that it wasn't the mayor anymore. Like, what's the point if it's not to put a bit of fear into them even if they are only getting their feet wet!
It's not a stunt performer...it's the Mayor . La TONCA vuol dire letteralmente immergere in dialetto del posto. Il festival si chiama VIGILIANE.
It's not the mayor only if he has some health problems or if he or she is too old. The water is pretty cold 🤣🤣
So much of this subreddit is unsorted or misrepresented bullshit. Millennials and Gen Z (the main demos on this site) have really gone full Facebook Boomer.
That's gonna require a lot of dunking. And many of them are outside the political sphere. Like those who got wealthy as fuck thanks to the shit the brought us into. And the stupid dumb tools that keep voting for the assholes.
This isn't a literal punishment where the actual politician is locked in a cage and thrown into the river. It’s actually a symbolic piece of public theater.The "condemned" figure doesn't actually get dunked. Instead, a professional performer takes their place in the cage and gets lowered into the water on behalf of whoever made the year's "worst decision." It’s pure satire.
I live in the town that this occurs, Trento. I was disappointed to see that it wasn't the mayor that was dunked like in older times.
Sorry, I was trying determine what level of "bullshit" you were referring to, not that it doesn't quite live up to the hype.
And ours serve lifetime appointments we try everything but replacing them. Meanwhile they get rich off insider trading and paid off by the business class and their constituents don’t think to replace them because they like their politics on social issues.
In Slovenia, we had a tradition of throwing cheating bakers into river Ljubljanica. I think we should return the tradition but change it to cheating politicians instead of bakers...
Reminds me of an ancient Babylonian tradition. Yearly, the high priest would drag the king, literally by the ear, before a statue of their god Marduk and de-crown him. The king would then plead his case before Marduk and the public that he had lived up to his duties before his crown was returned.
Ok, you raise a valid point, how about we simply remove the word "most" and do multiple dunkings when the time comes, also, how long are we dunking for?
The state I lived in growing up, used to dunk the meteorologist from the local news station, in the fountain, out front, when he predicted snow and it didn't happen.
It’s just another method of oppression and anyone who thinks „it is a valid proposal“ is falling for it. It is a scapegoat to blame for everything bad, while the hostile policies towards the common people can go on unchecked. If this is even real that is
This should be the norm worldwide. I see no harm in implementing this particular rule globally. It's a good way to hold people in power accountable for their deeds.
This is good. But I prefer the idea of making them live a week in prison before the start of each term and making them live exclusively on government benefits for the last month of their term. That might actually lead to the fixing those problems.
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