• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I just also don’t want the president to be so powerful they can override congress and the states because that’s a dictator.

    Like the Southern States during the Civil War?

    It’s kind of a popular opinion again these days, but I don’t agree with it.

    Also, you may be disappointed to find out that the Congress Research Services determined a president is that powerful, and can simply replace any agency head that disagrees with it.

    Now, maybe your comfortable with Biden not abusing that, but whether Biden uses that power or not, every other president has that option.

    So how much do you pressure Biden to change that?

    That’s the thing with “moderates” they won’t use power to help because it might be used to harm, but they do nothing about stopping that abuse permanently.

    They don’t offer any solutions to either side of an issue, be a use the threat of the other side abusing the powers moderates won’t use, is often the only way voters can be convinced to vote for a moderate.

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      6 months ago

      No, the southern states argued that under no circumstances could the federal government ban anything.

      And I do think he should replace agency heads. But I’m pretty sure it’s a congressional ban not an fda or DEA ban. But yeah, dude’s a moderate. It’s why I voted against him in the primaries this year and in 2020. But also knock it the fuck off. You sound like a lunatic. You don’t make you sound smart or your opponents sound evil, you make your position sound dumber than it has to.

      Edit: it looks like it’s banned by scheduling which is its own entire can of worms and the entire scheduling system needs to be abolished or completely overhauled, but yeah my misconception on that is very common so maybe start there rather than by calling people confederates

      And the reason I fear executive overreach is because the next republican will do it and I want it struck down before my fucking life is ruined as their current favorite target