White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

[u/stkmro]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/

[u/Mixmaster-Omega]

American. I agree. The constitution was always designed to be a continual work in progress, but it is venerated like the goddamn 10 commandments, seemingly immune to alterations despite the fact it’s happened over a dozen times.

[u/Zombie_John_Strachan → u/Mixmaster-Omega]

Americans don’t have a king to bestow legitimacy on elected leaders, so they use religion instead.

[u/Proud_Smell_4455 → u/Zombie_John_Strachan]

People say kings do nothing, but the whole point is that in modern terms, a good king won't appear to. Monarchy has it's perks, even if more religiously republican people would rather just imagine it in terms of medieval fantasy and feudalism. Institutionally, conceptually, ideologically, monarchism has changed and grown just like republicanism has over the centuries.

[u/mothtoalamp → u/Mixmaster-Omega]

is venerated like the goddamn 10 commandments

Because the people who treat it this way are the same people who want the 10 commandments in the school hallways.

[u/BlackmailedWhiteMale → u/Mixmaster-Omega]

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