You’re assuming that the only alternative to slavishly adhering to the rules as determined by people who could not possibly predict today’s circumstances is to ignore the very concept of rules and procedure.
I’m not advocating for Dems to do either. I’m advocating for them to change the rules for the better when they can and to bend or even outright break them when it’s necessary and justified.
Following rules for their own sake even when it’s clearly contrary to the needs and wants of the people is just a more socially acceptable form of authoritarianism.
Do you consider scrapping a long overdue minimum wage increase because an unelected bureaucrat with a strictly advisory role says it can’t be in a budget bill “due process”?
Because I consider that a gross miscarriage of justice for the people working two or three jobs and still failing to make ends meet because profiteering employers are still allowed to exploit them horribly.
That’s a false dichotomy.
You’re assuming that the only alternative to slavishly adhering to the rules as determined by people who could not possibly predict today’s circumstances is to ignore the very concept of rules and procedure.
I’m not advocating for Dems to do either. I’m advocating for them to change the rules for the better when they can and to bend or even outright break them when it’s necessary and justified.
Following rules for their own sake even when it’s clearly contrary to the needs and wants of the people is just a more socially acceptable form of authoritarianism.
Not assuming a falsity at all - the rules in question are due process
So THAT’S where you want the goal posts now?
Sure, due process is an inalienable human right that should never be infringed upon.
That obviously wasn’t what I was talking about, though.
Sorry, should have been clearer: due LEGISLATIVE process
What does that even mean, though?
Do you consider scrapping a long overdue minimum wage increase because an unelected bureaucrat with a strictly advisory role says it can’t be in a budget bill “due process”?
Because I consider that a gross miscarriage of justice for the people working two or three jobs and still failing to make ends meet because profiteering employers are still allowed to exploit them horribly.