On 25 Mar 2021 21:41:17 GMT
TimS  wrote:

> On 25 Mar 2021 at 21:00:17 GMT, Jasen Betts
>  wrote:

> >
> > I realise that America was founded on the right to oppress ones
> > neighbours, but since then it has gained a constitution that mostly
> > forbids that sort of thing.
>
> It gained a constitution that is hard to change and then even harder
> to unchange when the changers turn out to be loonies. Such as
> Prohibition.
>

It has a Constitution that can simply be ignored, and is increasingly
seen as irrelevant.

> The US is too big a country to govern properly (50 or so million is
> about right). The US, Russia, China, and India should all be broken
> down into their constituent states.
>
As it was originally. The federal government has simply taken powers
away from the states, in the same way the EU is taking away
'competences' from its member states. The Constitution used to prevent
that happening.

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Joe

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