HLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoLibertarian Party Embraces Remorseless QAnon Shaman’s Run for Officewww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down115
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkLibertarian Party Embraces Remorseless QAnon Shaman’s Run for Officewww.thedailybeast.comHLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squarespace_gecko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64·11 months agoTo be fair, allowing felons to run for office means that a leader’s political enemies can’t be charged with phony crimes in order to prevent them from running for office. It’s a safeguard against authoritarianism.
minus-squarebalderdash@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoYeah we don’t want political shenanigans to happen that easily. Looking at you, India.
To be fair, allowing felons to run for office means that a leader’s political enemies can’t be charged with phony crimes in order to prevent them from running for office. It’s a safeguard against authoritarianism.
Yeah we don’t want political shenanigans to happen that easily. Looking at you, India.