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A mildly interesting list of proposed amendments that didn't pass (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/justpost

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I saw this circulating around and thought it was an interesting read.

Some of these are horrendous, some are funny, and a few made me think "Hmm, maybe not a bad idea"

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I'm guessing the Council of Three got shot down because the office of the President shouldn't be that powerful anyway. And yet we slowly made it that way.

[–] quantumantics 2 points 3 months ago

Adding to this, I surmise that the inevitable comparisons to the triumvirates of republican Rome would not have gone over very well. I wonder if that was brought up at all when it was brought to the floor for discussion.

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