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  • So, a moment of curiosity.

    If my theoretical pistol did get pulled into am MRI machine, stuck against it by the magnet, and I, for the purpose of scientific inquiry, pulled the trigger, should I expect the bullet to fire more or less as normal, to fire, but the bullet be pulled back to the machine, or for the bullet to not move, or not move more than an inch or so from the barrel?







  • SaltSong@startrek.websitetoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world[Deleted]
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    15 days ago

    Italy was a constitutional monarchy under fascist rule.

    And the US is, theoretically, a democracy, and if we aren’t under fascist rule, we will be soon enough. Fascism can spring from any form of government.

    your second paragraph is something only ignorant bootlickers say

    So you feel that Obama-Trump-Biden-Trump was as stable as any government needs too be? No improvement to be made there?


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    16 days ago

    The reason one has a constitutional monarchy is to try to split the difference, I think, and get the best parts of each system.

    But I’m with you. No kings.

    As it is we in the UK are stuck with a mind-meltingly wealthy, influential and unaccountable family who have extremely questionable members and histories.

    They influence laws to benefit their own ends, they shield abusive behaviour and individuals, and they do it all in the name of maintaining a tradition that fundamentally says that some people are simply “better” than others.

    We have these too. Is just that they are more unofficial.




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    17 days ago

    A constitutional monarch may have a wide range of powers, depending on the constitution. It doesn’t automatically mean “powerless figurehead.”

    Given the way the US has been recently, I’m willing to admit that there may be some benefit to having a leader in some position of power that had been there a long time, and has, more or less, been training for the responsibly since birth.

    Of course, there are plenty of arguments against such a leader, but the least of which is how much you have to stretch the word “training” to make it fit that sentence above.