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minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·4 days agoIt’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·4 days agoI believe the term for this is “political blackmail”. Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
minus-squaremynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·4 days agoSounds like terrorism to me
minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·4 days agoNo, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down6·4 days agobecause it’s a tool that can be useful
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoIt shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoIt’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoMaybe as a last resort. Not the defacto standard, every couple of months let’s hold the entire government hostage. Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoYes, of course, as a last resort.
It’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”.
Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
Sounds like terrorism to me
No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
because it’s a tool that can be useful
It shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
It’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
Maybe as a last resort. Not the defacto standard, every couple of months let’s hold the entire government hostage.
Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone.
Yes, of course, as a last resort.
Useful to whom?