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Or why bother when no one will stop you from ruling by fiat?


Yes, why would you bother not exercising power you possess?


Yep. I punch literally everyone I meet in the face.

I have the power to do it. Why would I not?


You don't have that power, you'll either be beaten by your adversaries unless you only target weak people. And then you'll be arrested. You don't have the power you claim to have. You can't punch people.

Is assaulting people going further your goals?

Presumably EOs further the President’s goals.


If it does further my goals then it's fine to punch people in the face?


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Do you actually believe this?


Many of those goals are to simply hurt the "wrong" type of people.


“And then the leopards ate my face”


> Yes, why would you bother not exercising power you possess?

By that logic, I suppose well-funded police should respond to every call with a SWAT team, or at the least guns drawn?

(I guess Uncle Ben's quote in Spiderman actually wasn't redundant!)


Do you mean “restraint”?




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