[pavlov]

It now feels quaint that, not long ago, people used to speculate what Gödel's loophole was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gödel%27s_Loophole

We're witnessing that there doesn't need to be any single clever actively exploited loophole. A two-party presidential system can become a dictatorship if one party holds just enough power across all branches of government to not resist what their leader wants.

[marcosdumay]

Turns out you only need majority in 4 different contests that are all constantly fluctuating around 50%.

Even if they weren't strongly correlated, you would still be able to do a coup every 200 years or so.

[me2too]

Hey, thanks for the link - I added it to my reading list. From the introduction, it seems to fit the current situation (and that's not good).