so? my examples are examples of democracy being useful against a bad government. if an absolute leader is bad people can't do anything  > don't be so naive. there was a large section within the american "establishment" that wanted trump. and more importantly, the american "establishment" will use trump i couldn't tell with the propaganda tb h, from what i saw on /pol/ and reddit it didnt seem like it also i googled stuff about trump and the first page was all against him the establishment isn't even pretending that both sides are respectable, they're just viciously attacking trump. they were close to not even allowing an election tb h.  > his first term was squandered precisely because he was the only one of such people in the entire apparatus and was surrounded by swamp creatures and destroyed. still so much better than joe and the hoe  > ironically, as if to prove my entire point, the only way he could actually remove the "establishment" from power is by seizing the dictatorial powers lawfully granted to the executive branch and use it against the "establishment". yes but let's say he becomes bad. let's say he decides to not import anything from china anymore, and it massively cripples their living standards, because to be fair cheap stuff is actually great. then if it was like you say, putting him in power couldn't be reversed by the people and would be permanent.
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