Sean CoatesMar 9

When all of this is “over”, it's not going to be good enough to say “We shouldn't have let that happen. It'll be better now.” That's just lying to yourselves and everyone else for 4 years.

The only acceptable outcome from a world power who has gone this far off the rails is “we've made it so that it *can’t* happen again.”

Show threadJulietteMar 10
@sean That's what everyone thought after WWII and well, you already stated what's happening...
Show threadSean Coates
@jrf_nl I think it's pretty hard to reach ~80 years into the future. I'd be pretty happy if we could collectively come up with the will to at least expect it to stick.
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Show threadBen RamseyMar 10
@sean @jrf_nl Some of that is because *we* were the world power who made all that happen in the wake of WWII, while also quietly excusing ourselves from the requirements. Like we have a permanent position on the UN Security Council and can unilaterally veto any decisions. We also chose not to be party to the ICJ, among other things (it’s arguably against our Constitution to recognize the ICJ, but we can always change the Constitution).
Show threadJulietteMar 10

@ramsey @sean If you do, please also get rid of the "Invasion law".

The US has (in law only) been at war with The Netherlands since 2002....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act

American Service-Members' Protection Act - Wikipedia

Show threadBen RamseyMar 10
@jrf_nl @sean I’m well aware of the “invasion law.” 😞
Show threadNick SloanMar 10
@ramsey @sean @jrf_nl If by “we can always change the constitution” you mean “we can never change the constitution.”
Show threadBen RamseyMar 10

@nick @sean @jrf_nl Nonsense. The last amendment was ratified in…1992.

It had only been proposed a mere…202 years and 223 days earlier.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia