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minus-squareBumblefumble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoDoes the constitution have somewhere in it where it says, “only the second amendment is real, ignore all other parts of this document”?
minus-squareliyunxiao@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 hours agoPolitical power is enabled by the barrel of a gun; and the belief in said power. If either of these fail for a political institution, and no one with a gun restores it, then it simply no longer applies. If you want your constitution to matter, [censored by .world global rules]; I mean convince the people with guns that you’re right.
Does the constitution have somewhere in it where it says, “only the second amendment is real, ignore all other parts of this document”?
Political power is enabled by the barrel of a gun; and the belief in said power.
If either of these fail for a political institution, and no one with a gun restores it, then it simply no longer applies.
If you want your constitution to matter, [censored by .world global rules]; I mean convince the people with guns that you’re right.