• evatronic
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    1 year ago

    We’re are learning that building a government based on the idea that the members of that government will act in good faith was fucking stupid.

    Here’s to hoping we can figure out how to solve the bad-faith problem without Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo.

    • catshit_dogfart@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You know, I’ve heard it said that democracies founded in Europe after WW2 had an advantage because they could see the result of mistakes in the USA’s founding.

      Like clearly X, Y, and Z was a mistake that they couldn’t have known at the time - but now we know better, so let’s not repeat that.