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Originally Posted by DJones
The whole world would be ####ed if Trump got elected with our government system.
The house and senate are doing a poor job and not doing their jobs but the checks and balances are there. They essentially have three factions making federal decisions. We have one guy.
In Canada all of his random thoughts and executive orders would actually happen. There is no checks and balances and he could have gotten in with far less votes than he actually got. The PM is far more powerful than the President is. Like there wouldn't even be a supreme court nomination debate. He'd just do it. He'd just go to war.
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Our unelected senate with life time appointments saves us in that scenario. We have a system where you can’t just capture the electorate.