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If you could use one word, To describe the US government, What word would that be?
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By LogicLogic 254 Pts
I'm expecting one specific word. 



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  • Powerful 
    Live Long and Prosper
  • Adolescent
    DrCereal
  • Conflicted
  • Amazing.
    Zombieguy1987George_Horse
  • LogicLogic 254 Pts
    @kmelkevolution17  Seems like you live under a rock.

    DrCerealcheesycheeseNathaniel_BZombieguy1987George_HorseWordsMatter
  • Good.
    cheesycheeseNathaniel_BZombieguy1987George_Horse
  • LogicLogic 254 Pts
    @censel_coffeeLove  I wish so.
    I remember when i thought it was good, I was literally not doing any research. You could say i was living under a rock.
    DrCerealcheesycheeseNathaniel_BZombieguy1987George_Horse
  • inc4tinc4t 184 Pts
    Manipulative 
    someone234cheesycheeseNathaniel_BGeorge_HorseZombieguy1987
  • @Logic, you may argue that at times ignorance is bliss. That said, many will debate with you on perception of good vs bad for US government.  Many will advocate that transformational change we are finally seeing is refreshing.
    cheesycheese
    Live Long and Prosper
  • LogicLogic 254 Pts
    @agsr We all have our diverse world views. I see it as a corrupt government. Always trying to be the 'Police' of the world.
    cheesycheese
  • @Logic, that is fair.  I can understand your viewpoint and there is certainly lots of corruption.  Police of the world  is a fair way to describe the governent, although that's more than one word and is more representive of prior administration 
    Live Long and Prosper
  • I 100% agree with @logic , such an accurate and great point.
    cheesycheese
  • LogicLogic 254 Pts
    It's to the eye of the beholder to decide. But it isn't hard to make a decision, Although it is a strong government, It doesn't use it's strength in the good ways. 
  • Great point, @logic , agreed.
  • "Imperfect". 

    I think the Founding Fathers' construct was the best in human history - however, there is a difference between the design and the practical implementation. Many of the institutions built upon the country formation have eroded over time or lost their meaning. Separation of powers was perverted by a two-party design, where really the struggle is happening not between 3 branches, but between 2 political groups having a certain degree of influence on each branch. The Electoral College, designed as the second step in the general election, turned into a fictive institution serving no real function. Private property rights have been infringed upon repeatedly, and the government now holds a firm grip over the market. Governmental competency has been dropping slowly as populists gained a foothold in the modern information age, and the media are too interested in short-term profit to have any regard for journalist ethics, necessary for keeping the governmental corruption in check.

    The system needs a serious revamp. As it is, we are slowly heading towards an oligarchy merged with ochlocracy, where the government is two powerful groups more interested in winning the seats than getting anything done, constitutional principles are discarded left and right based on currently popular narratives.

    Transforming the system into a parliamentary republic and limiting the percentage of seats a political party can hold would be a good first step, and literal interpretation of the Constitution trumping all other laws could be what has been missing from the system since the Civil War.
  • imperfect
    Zombieguy1987Plaffelvohfen
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    Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood"
    The Animals
  • Tyrannical 
    Zombieguy1987
  • Machiavellian
  • The word government, when broken down, describes itself.

    Govern means control, and ment means mind.
    Nathaniel_BZombieguy1987
    Pseudoscience: noun; a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.

    Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

    The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

    Wayne Dyer
  • Nathaniel_B
    Pseudoscience: noun; a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.

    Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

    The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

    Wayne Dyer
  • Nathaniel_BZombieguy1987
    Pseudoscience: noun; a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.

    Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

    The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

    Wayne Dyer
  • Sexy.
    Nathaniel_BZombieguy1987
  • No wait. Damm autocorrect.
    Nathaniel_BZombieguy1987
  • Oh man. I'm so embarrassed now. 
    Nathaniel_BZombieguy1987
  • corrupt @Logic
    Zombieguy1987
  • unfortunate
    Zombieguy1987
  • Right now?

    Corrupted.
    Zombieguy1987
    Sovereignty for Kekistan
  • Untrustworthy.
    Zombieguy1987George_Horse
    “Communism is evil. Its driving forces are the deadly sins of envy and hatred.” ~Peter Drucker 

    "It's not a gun control problem, it's a cultural control problem."
    Bob Barr
  • Faltering
    Zombieguy1987
  • Right now?

    Corrupted.

    That was an apt description a couple years ago, now a much better term would be "recovering".
  • Divided.
    Zombieguy1987
    Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.








  • Conservative
    Zombieguy1987
  • Alec said:
    Conservative
    The government is the LEAST conservative. 
    "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? " ~Epicurus

    "Americanism not Globalism, will be our credo." ~Donald Trump

    "A communist is like a crocodile" ~Winston Churchill
  • Unfair.
    "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? " ~Epicurus

    "Americanism not Globalism, will be our credo." ~Donald Trump

    "A communist is like a crocodile" ~Winston Churchill
  • Dysfunctional 
    https://www.google.com/search?q=victims+of+religion&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=x&ved=0ahukewihu9jugorfahwkmeakhbtib00q_auidigb&biw=1920&bih=963&safe=active

    Blues and Raptors handed two very toxic teams embarrassing losses, 95% of the sports world is rejoicing in the news

    Repealing the Second Amendment is the first step to Totalitarianism, and it needs to be prevented to protect our freedom 

    http://www.atheistrepublic.com/
  • Democratic
    As it was intended to be. Thousands have died to keep it that way. Today, because they can't seem to see that it is still imperfect, that it is still better than anything else on the market, that millions are wanting to make it even better, thousands seem to want to tear it apart. For what?? Screw those that have died to protect it?? I've not seen ONE practical suggestion that is better. Unregulated Capitalism is an oligarchy-in-waiting. Socialism is impractical. Fascism and Communism, well, forget it. Secular Religious Government, under ANY religion is a cattle drive led by rich cowboys. 
    What we have will always need work, improvement, change to fit a growing world. The beauty is that THAT is allowed! The beauty is that the system allows U.S. to incorporate the best of the others (if there are any "bests"), into what we already have. NONE of the others allow that. They all lead to the rich, the powerful, taking over and leading the cattle to wherever they want them to go.
    I'll take democracy, any day!
  • Divided.
    Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.








  • Either corrupt or (yes I’m gonna say it trigger warning) autisitic
    Zombieguy1987
    Sovereignty for Kekistan
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