[ExI] The USA is number one!

[Dave Sill]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 10:22 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
>
> ... And why is the comparison between a communist dictator and a US
> president relevant?  A communist dictator can do anything he wants.  POTUS
> has nowhere near the power (which is a good thing.)  The real power of
> POTUS has been declining for the first time in decades (another good thing)
> because of rigorous scrutiny and increased avenues to leak information.)
>

POTUS' power is only limited theoretically. The current POTUS has exceeded
those limits pretty much with impunity. He's subject to lots of scrutiny
but only the courts have done anything to curtail his overreach.

-Dave
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