[ziravan]

We no longer have a separation of powers as a check on government abuse. Instead, we have a collusion of powers where the principals have determined that they can bypass any checks on power by mutual cooperation.

[lakecumberlandvet]

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” - John Adams
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There’s the rub.

[b4its2late]

Well said.

[Starboard]

We should be mindful that this ‘mutual cooperation’ is being facilitated in no small measure by the Republicans in congress. They have done precious little to halt the erosion of freedom at the expense of the of expansion of government power.

[EBH]

And the means we have an oligarchy, which if my history lessons are true...two things can happen from here. A dictatorship or anarchy. https://youtu.be/FDS1OHk7Lf8

[PROCON]

Very righteously and succinctly said.

[ziravan]

From the pulpit today:

“Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.”

Psalm 127:1

[ziravan]

From the pulpit today:

“Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.”

Psalm 127:1

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

I rarely see it noted that it is the emergence of the two political parties that consolidated the otherwise divergent powers.

And when the parties join together, or at the very least cooperate for a shared purpose, the people who are not party insiders are left out in the cold.

It's not the absence of morality that is our biggest problem; it's the political parties.