alt Hacker NewsOne could easily ask the same question about the US. With congress having abdicated it raises the legitimate question of exactly what the US is now.
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ethbr1 • 01/03/2026
> With congress having abdicated
Historically in the American Republic, this has been true more often than not. There's a reason something taking "an act of Congress" is not a new expression for difficulty.
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stickfigure • 01/03/2026
That is rubbish. I loathe Trump more than most, but there's no serious claim that he wasn't freely elected in 2024. There appears to be a lot of buyer's remorse and we'll see what happens in the mid terms. But (sadly) Americans asked for this and they got it.
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Among my European friends, no one considers the USA to be a legitimate democracy any more. The USA has for us devolved into a bandit state.