• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    I might still be young enough to pull that off for a few more years yet.

    The way I would implement that is to day one set a date for elections of a congress and my own retirement. I’m imagining a Mars Attacks scenario in which the ak ak ak aliens blow up congress and the government of the United States consists of the President’s teenage daughter and a mariachi band. If through some set of goofy circumstances no meaningful government exists above me and I am in full command, we’re gonna do shit my way for, say, four years, and then we’re calling a congress. At which time I retire to a small estate somewhere in the Carolinas with only ceremonial powers, like I reserve the right to throw out first pitches of baseball games.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Nah, I figure I’d go for 20 years. 4 years isn’t going to make meaningful change.