The counterfactual doesn't make sense. Which country would stop or grind to a halt after electing a corrupt president? I think almost all countries would keep running at a basically normal capacity until failure, yet that doesn't prove those countries have great systems.

This will need a lot more time and hindsight to make general statements in terms of the wider picture.

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diydsp 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It'a not abt whether it keeps running. It's whether its citizens are able to maintain their rights.

	▲	estearum 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Many citizens are not able to maintain their rights. Citizens are getting shot and killed by masked federal agents marauding through their neighborhoods. Americans who speak with particular accents or have specific skintones or frequent certain restaurants are getting harassed by police non-stop.
	▲	cowlevel 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		the comment specifically said whether it keeps running

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mxkopy 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think it’s sarcasm. In other counties such corruption would trigger revolution, and the political system would grind to a halt