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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Once again you fail to pin me down with your preconceived ideas. Checks and balances on the power of politicians make me a liberal? I am not in any way, shape or form a liberal. I'm pointing out a system that "worked" and how it got subverted by the political class and its sponsors.

At any point in time or space, if a national government system happens to exist, hardwired checks and balances have to be implemented on the exercise of power. THE PEOPLE or a Great Leader actually representing his people from soul to toes, have to be the ones with the executive power. Only in such a system can society and joe average not get shafted into oblivion.

Any socio-political/economic argument that doesn't start there is moot because it ignores the most fundamental building block of society: The individual.

[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Checks and balances on the power of politicians make me a liberal?

Yes.

At any point in time or space, if a national government system happens to exist, hardwired checks and balances have to be implemented on the exercise of power.

No.

I am not sure what else to say to you, since we have seriously departed from the original point of contention.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Liberals actually stand for power to the politicians WITHOUT checks and balances.

[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Who do you think came up with "checks and balances" in the first place? The separation of powers?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What checks and balances are you referring to? I don't see any...

[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The checks and balances exist to keep you - the pleb - in your place. There are plenty of those. The very reason "checks and balances" were first institutionalised was to keep plebs in their place. They worked very well at the inception of liberalism and they still work very well today.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So you are talking about something utterly opposite from what I'm talking about.

OK, welcome to my ignore list.

[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Childish.