the point of a strong executive was to have a military commander chosen by the people, at least here in statesia.
parliaments can appoint those. but like, set up your government around a General (gee how did that happen) and wonder why we’re always at war. I ain’t blame Washington per se (it seems like he saw the problem and did what he could, but then again centuries of lionizing folk doesn’t give the clearest picture). i blame the other Washington definitely.
In the US context specifically, I blame the ridiculous sacralisation of the US Constitution as some perfect document that you need to interpret under the original intent of the semi divine founding daddies. France is in its fifth Republic and there are people actually talking about the need for a Sixth.
i wish i understood international geopolitics well enough to explain things in a non-US context, but like, all y’all are great. I’ll glean enough here and there and eventually figure it out.
the point of a strong executive was to have a military commander chosen by the people, at least here in statesia.
parliaments can appoint those. but like, set up your government around a General (gee how did that happen) and wonder why we’re always at war. I ain’t blame Washington per se (it seems like he saw the problem and did what he could, but then again centuries of lionizing folk doesn’t give the clearest picture). i blame the other Washington definitely.
In the US context specifically, I blame the ridiculous sacralisation of the US Constitution as some perfect document that you need to interpret under the original intent of the semi divine founding daddies. France is in its fifth Republic and there are people actually talking about the need for a Sixth.
angry Scalia noises
i wish i understood international geopolitics well enough to explain things in a non-US context, but like, all y’all are great. I’ll glean enough here and there and eventually figure it out.