[ExI] My prediction

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
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>...So the constitutional safeguards that spike keeps mentioning are in fact powerless....

On the contrary Ben.  The constitution is what is preventing the current POTUS from becoming a dictator.  He wasn't able to command the government back into business during the shutdown for instance, even with majorities in both houses of the legislature.

>...Spike, can you say why this might not be the case? How can the constitution be enforced when the enforcers are in collusion with the person who wants to ignore it? (I'm assuming we can all agree that Trump does want to override the constitutional safeguards imposed on the office of POTUS? If not, we need a very strong argument that this is not true)... Ben

Had POTUS been able to violate the constitution he would have held the office in Jan 2021 and prevented the government shutdown of Oct 2025.  That office is far more limited than Americans imagine.  This is by design.  The design works.  It worked in Jan 2021, it will work again in Jan 2029.

The US government conniptions we are seeing now are really a lot more about absurd overspending for decades, causing the interest cost to go thru the roof.  Our two mainstream parties are doing little or nothing about that.  They each have their own agendas for which they overspend.  From the Libertarian point of view, they are nearly indistinguishable.  This was what caused the shutdown of Oct 2025 and may cause another one soon.  POTUS cannot stop this, for that office does not have the authority.

spike