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2024-09-02 07:16:48

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The point of being a sovereign nation is that you don't need to go to a foreign court for permission to enforce your own laws.

2024-08-23 11:09:21

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That's what cartels do.

2024-08-23 09:03:21

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Maybe it will help if you don't think of a walking stick as a mobility aid, but rather as a traditional martial arts weapon.

2024-08-22 11:42:36

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Unless there is going to be several thousand percent increase to rural public transport (which we are always told is unaffordable) there is always at least going to be an interface between areas where cars are necessary & areas with a decent public transport system; ergo there is going to be a need for car parks at that interface (ie for park & ride).
As to car parks where public transport is viable, if they have solar panels they can later be repurposed into eg market squares

2024-08-03 15:46:03

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The purpose of a limited liability corporation is to remove liability from any individual. That has been embraced as meaning moral, not just legal, liability.

2024-05-19 21:08:33

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A tangled mass of documents making up a constitution you say?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/469/789/680/163/921/original/1ee015aba8f9d856.jpg

2024-05-19 20:09:53

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EU: the Parliament and the Council form a bicameral legislature.
Czech Republic, 1993: Deputies & Senate
Slovenia, 1991: Council & Assembly

2024-05-19 20:01:15

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Like *some* modern democracies. But certainly, with a written constitution & a constitutional court that is an option; especially if you have a federal structure.

2024-05-19 18:56:33

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The last part has been a feature of English/British government for a millennium, albeit with "king" prior to creation of office of Prime Minister.
Of course if you have a democratically elected first chamber, you could have a second chamber filled by sortition: random selection of voters, required to do a term in office. Call it the National Lottery.

2024-05-18 21:29:39

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Well those last few words hit the nail on the neck...
Although less fatally there are two current methods to remove someone from the House of Lords: if they are convicted & sentenced to 1year+ imprisonment; or if expelled by vote of the House for misconduct.