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Nobody in #Canada seems to mind that the consumer #CarbonTax was scrapped without a decision by #parliament. You see, Canada is a #monarchy. The #Crown has to approve all acts, and it can withdraw approval, too. While it's difficult to make new acts without parliament, it's easy to scrap them. Canadians have seen this before.

In this case, the Crown (Her Excellency the Governor General in Council) simply changed the Regulation under the Act and set the tax rates at zero. The Act remains. #law

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@ErikJonker I think what this shows is that #US constitutional checks and balances potentially are not sufficient. The question then becomes how should they be adjusted to be better, while still retaining the ability to make decisive action in a crisis? Are there other models which have worked better?

Could we conclude that actually a constitutional #monarchy might offer a better balance? Ie. one where Head of State interferes in a soft way, and also in a crisis.

“Musk’s DOGE Is Inspired by Pro-Kremlin Monarchists and 1930s Technofascism”

by Nafeez Ahmed in Byline Supplement on Substack

“Top DOGE operative is linked to a Russian American network of anti-West pro-Kremlin monarchists, inspired by the 1930s counter-democracy ‘Technocracy’ movement tied to Musk’s grandfather”

open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu

Byline Supplement · Musk’s DOGE Is Inspired by Pro-Kremlin Monarchists and 1930s TechnofascismAv Nafeez Ahmed
#Press#US#Musk