lizproxy.bsky.social
@lizproxy.bsky.social
Drugstore academic. Supposed political economist. Master of polite brutality.
The courts are ruling against the administration every day, but with what force would they enforce it? Law enforcement is under the executive branch. For those at the top of the government, the rule of law is entirely voluntary (in your country as well as ours).
May 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
International pressure
April 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I have dream of the every front page, above the fold, directly quoting the president.
April 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The comparative literature disagrees with you on this. Does low approval guarantee overthrow? No, of course not. But it makes keeping control a lot harder and more expensive.
April 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sure, if you shop at a Whole Foods in a city, the people there will just be normal (read: affluent). But the health food co-op in my red state city is exactly this: half hippie lefties and half tradwife homeschoolers. It is so tense in there that everyone else just shops at Aldi.
April 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ah. So by "the country" you meant not the country and by 51% you meant not 51%. (P.S. Even if you mean only likely voters, he is already at substantially less than 51%.)
April 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
He never had 51% of the country in the first place.
April 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
There are laws. It will be challenged in court. What are you struggling to understand?
April 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Oh we had that, except which of 2 majors is first is not chosen by the student, but assigned using some rank ordering from years ago. My dept is near the bottom and almost always assigned second major. Our official major count shows up as 60% what it should be.
April 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Political scientist here: do you actually want an answer or is this rhetorical? Because a state where people vote but the votes don't matter is of course not a democracy. Bare minimum, democracies require univeral suffrage. The US is not coded as a democracy until after the Voting Right Act.
March 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Actually, it may not be legal. Potentially you are committing fraud (if you falsely present yourself as a fed) and either way it is plausibly obstructing the function of government. Doesn't mean it's not worth it, but there is a legal risk.
February 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Those things can help, but ultimately, protest is what matters. Where rule of law has failed, it's the ONLY thing that matters. Being down on protest for not being enough is not a helpful take. (Source: I'm a political scientist)
February 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Do you have a constructive suggestion?
February 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Thank you. This is so important.
February 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Political scientist here. Successful mass action needs many people at the same place and time. The key is having a plan; specifics are mostly irrelevant. Join the largest organization you can that seems to staging action and go. Then call the party and tell them a party-wide plan WOULD BE HELPFUL.
February 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Isn't that exactly and explicitly the plan though?
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
*I* have a wooden spoon older than me. I am 45.
December 17, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Political scientist here: no. Please no. Term-limited elected politicians perform worse and rely more on lobbyists, especially with tight limits (e.g. 1-2 terms). Term limits on unelected officials (e.g. SCOTUS) are okay.
December 8, 2024 at 5:16 PM