Regardless of the potential dangers of a Trump term seeding disaffection with the system in a large part of society looks bad.
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But should we be regardless of potential dangers in order not to look bad? Is there any extent of danger that wld change ur mind?
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James spoke of apocalyptic scenario. If u knew now a Trump presidency wld result in nuclear war or climate change mass extinction?
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Yes, I would, but I don't see concrete reasons to believe that. Nuclear war may actually have been slightly more likely with HC.
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Then we have no difference of principles & it comes down to evaluation of consequences of each situation.
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Its not 'uphold the system regardless of consequences' but ' I don't think potential consequences warrant overthrowing the system'
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I'm aware of my own tendency to prioritise principles over consequences - eg, uphold liberalism even if it will destroy liberalism
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Republicans painted Obama as Hitler, he obviously wasn't. I think that to a degree democrats have done the same with Trump.
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But in the long run the idea that voting is inconsequential and can be superseded by a selected few is harmful.
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Yes! Need to look at the long run. Don't think any1 wld consider overturning system if they knew it'd be more dangerous than not.
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Maybe I have a pro-system bias, but I see unprecedented things (like EC stopping Trump) in a very negative way.
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Me too. I fear I cld be 1 of the survivors sitting in the rubble saying 'Well, everyone's dead but at least we upheld the system'
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@GodDoesnt IMHO, the Constitutional crisis of the EC not following the state votes would b the worse choice. -
I think that's the case re: Brexit but limited ways in which this can be catastrophic. Not so sure with Trump.
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And it'd seed the idea that the real power is an unelected one, over which people have little to no control.
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Yes, not saying this isn't an issue that cld have serious consequences on both sides. That's why its hard.
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It's theoretically hard, but practically we've had two terms of George W Bush already. I think we can survive Trump.
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Imagine if the Queen decided to get Theresa May to resign. While this is legally possible, it'd be unprecedented.
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I don't think that if the EC stopped Trump there'd be revolution (riots, maybe, just like the NotMyPresident ones).
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Well, I'm not diagnosing anyone as stupid or evil for asking questions, but in this specific case the answer is easy for me.
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