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This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.
The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises.
It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
Processes break in two ways. They break because they don't have the right checks and balances and because they don't have the right execution.
In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances.
We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.
Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.
Parties that win elections should form the government, not parties that lose elections.
