Reply #24: So your objection is to democracy itself?

[0rganism]

Don't get me wrong, Plato expressed similar concerns, and in some respects they are well-founded, as we've seen recently.

Also, we've seen that presidential powers in the immediate present are practically unlimited. Only when long-term scrutiny from congress, the courts, and the press are applied to those powers do they become truly limited. Future accountability is the president's primary limitation.

The president can use the War Powers Act to deploy American forces in an invasion. Only during later congressional review must sound rationale be provided.

If "American forces" happen to include ICBMs, it is questionable whether such a thing as "future accountability" applies.