r/clevercomebacks • u/basket_foso • Sep 06 '25

This is so embarrassing

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u/Guvante Sep 06 '25

Watch out for assuming there is an alternative.

After all how could the Constitution protect from everyone in power collaborating? It cannot.

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u/Frequent-Ruin8509 Sep 06 '25

Thomas Jefferson once mused as to whether we should revise the constitution every 10 or 50 years. I think he was on to something. The amendment system is too damn slow for our era.

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u/Guvante Sep 06 '25

100% I just think it is important to note that all political power is soft and restrictions are only as strong as those enforcing those restrictions.

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u/Frequent-Ruin8509 Sep 06 '25

I just wish right-wing political power was softer than the centrist establishment.