• johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I mean sure, if you pass a constitutional amendment, I guess? Which this is not.

    “I don’t like this law that our democratically elected representatives passed” does not mean that the law threatens democracy. You’re allowed to not like it, of course. That’s actually a big part of democracy.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Just because they were elected does not mean you’ve avoided autocracy. There isn’t a magic shield. You need to make sure they are respecting the Constitution and our Rights. If they assign themselves autocratic powers then you’re going to live in an autocracy. And make no mistake, giving the executive the power to just declare a corporation illegal is autocratic. It’s literally out of the playbook.

      This is why our Constitution repeatedly says the government must use due process and prove its case in court.