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user-inactivated  ·  2332 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The case for normalizing impeachment

    No it's not. It's not at all easier. Impeachment means invalidating the most entrenched and involved democratic process we have. It means placing the will of Parliament above the will of the people. It fundamentally erodes confidence in government because it means the branches that all Americans didn't elect have power over the branch that they did.

Not the same, but similar in my mind, is other countries' snap elections. In the past two years, so many have had them. Off the top of my head, I think Iceland, Britain, and Japan. Germany might be looking down the barrel of one too, if I'm remembering things correctly. I know they have their place, but I think if governments get too used to the idea of not liking the way things are, they can just hit the reset button, A) leads to too much temptation, B) reduces a commitment to cooperation and compromise, and C) chips away at the importance of regularly scheduled elections and the votes citizens cast in them.