• Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    18 hours ago

    If they wanted to prevent a tyrant, they shouldve thought to ask “what if that tyrant is popular”

    They did dude. What do you think the 2nd amendment is for.

    Also, you say that like controlling all 3 branches is a small thing. It means you control the whole government…

    • ObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      The weakness with the Second Amendment is that it effectively relies on a minority winning if it gets to that point. I hope I don’t have to point out that wars that come down to numbers rarely end well