MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoI'm Donald Trump, and I'm your king!lemmy.caimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down110
arrow-up1400arrow-down1imageI'm Donald Trump, and I'm your king!lemmy.caMindTraveller@lemmy.ca to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squaresnekerpimp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·1 month ago“Listen, just because some paid for Supreme Court justices make a ruling that you can do anything as an official act, doesn’t give you supreme executive power, that comes from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical corrupt judges.”
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 month agoYou can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some compromised Justice threw immunity at you.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·1 month agoYeah, but in those days a weak ruler meant a more evil ruler would take over thru violence or lack of support for the current ruler… It’s still true, but it was in those days too
minus-squaresnekerpimp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoI have no clue what that has to do with my modified Montey Python quote.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month ago that comes from a mandate from the masses And a weak ruler is one without a mandate of the masses. Historically speaking, they don’t hang on to power long.
“Listen, just because some paid for Supreme Court justices make a ruling that you can do anything as an official act, doesn’t give you supreme executive power, that comes from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical corrupt judges.”
You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some compromised Justice threw immunity at you.
Yeah, but in those days a weak ruler meant a more evil ruler would take over thru violence or lack of support for the current ruler…
It’s still true, but it was in those days too
I have no clue what that has to do with my modified Montey Python quote.
And a weak ruler is one without a mandate of the masses.
Historically speaking, they don’t hang on to power long.
Thank you for your clarification