Doriane Pin Accepting The WEC Revelation Of The Year Award In 2023, Becoming The First Woman To Do So

doriane pin accepting the WEC revelation of the year award in 2023, becoming the first woman to do so

Like, getting political for a moment. A thing a lot of people need to understand is that, ultimately, rules only exist if they are enforceable. The mechanism of enforcement is what determines the realness of a rule.

If you're playing Monopoly and you decide that being in Jail sucks so you move your piece to Go and call it a tunneling loophole, there's nothing built into the game to actually stop you from doing that. Other players yelling at you and banishing you from the table is how the rule is enforced. But if they don't, if they let you do that, then I'm sorry but that's just how the game is played now. If you're allowed to do it then it's not against the rules.

We all instinctively understand that when you're running track, you're not supposed to cross the lines into someone else's lane. But the lines are not a wall. They're not physically preventing you from doing anything. If you decide you want to run into the lane to your right and jump-kick the other racer, you physically can do that.

The line on the ground is a social construct. It's part of the magic circle; A thing that takes on special meaning, even psychological power, so long as we exist within its play space. But it's not real, and it only has power if somebody comes over and drags you off the field for striking that other racer.

At the highest echelons of power, a lot of what "can" and "can't" be done are actually just the boundaries of a magic circle with few real enforcement mechanisms. The President can't do that. But. Like. Who's going to stop him if he does?

The biggest thing we learned during the Trump Presidency was just how many restrictions on government power are illusory. Trump spent his four years in office testing the limits of what he can and can't do. Stepping over the lines of the magic circle to see which ones had enforcement mechanisms and which were merely decorative. And revealing that an alarming number were decorative.

Because the thing about the highest offices, about POTUS and SCOTUS and Congress, is that they're the highest offices. There's nobody above them. The only check on their power is each other and, contrary to what high school social studies might tell you, those checks aren't very strong at all.

Trump wants to redefine the game rules to be dictatorial. The magic circle says he can't do that. But the only factor that truly decides whether he can or can't is whether the other players at the table will let him do it. And if you listen to the way Republican Congressmen talk, it's not reassuring.

There are no executive super-cops who will arrest Trump if he breaks the rules. The Avengers are not going to show up and stop him from continuing to reconfigure the magic circle to his liking. The only thing, the only true restriction on his power, is the vote. It's the fact that we, as a population, get to make a choice as to whether or not he even gets to sit back down at the table to play again at all.

In a democracy, voters are the enforcement mechanism. Let's try and remember that when November comes around.

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HE'S LEARNING

They call us delusional. That we’re seeing things that aren’t there and are making things up. They think we’re crazy.

You know who else was ‘delusional’ and ‘crazy?’

Joyce Byers.

You know what Joyce Byers also was?

Right.

about me 🦋🐾🐈

Basic Bio Stuff:

name: muna

pronouns: she/her (but idrc to be honest)

age: minor

nationality: nigerian-british (specifically yoruba. yes i have an igbo name. don't think about it too hard.)

religion: side a pentecostal christian

What I'll post about:

Christianity:

Currently reading: Ecclesiastes

Version I read: Mainly CSB but i cross-reference with other versions (e.g., ESV, NIV, AMP)

Favourite books: Proverbs, Song of Songs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Hebrews

Favourite Bible verse: it changes. right now its John 20:29

Other: Love is the most important commandment, I wish more people would follow it 💚

Formula 1:

Favourite current drivers: *OP81*, MV33, CL16, CS55, AA23, YT22, FC43

Favourite retired drivers: NR6, SV5, JB9, DR3 (ouch.)

Favourite teams: *Ferrari*, Williams, Red Bull

Favourite tracks: Suzuka, COTA, Spa, Silverstone, Interlagos

Favourite duos (NOT ships): brocedes, bearnelli, lestappen, landoscar, maxiel, yukierre

Other fandoms I'm in:

alien stage

project sekai

blue lock

bungou stray dogs

animanga in general

kpop in general (ult groups: skz, nwjns, katseye, enhypen, zb1, honestly a bunch)

books (esp classic russian/japanese lit.)

stranger things

MILGRAM

cats (not the musical i just really like cats)

...and more!! (i am in every single fandom ever)

Anything else:

no dni's - everyone welcome ^-^ just be respectful

i'm really sorry, but as a minor i can't give any donations...the best i can do is spread awareness and pray about it :(

HUGE english nerd (i love books i love poetry if i was an aesthetic itd be chaotic academia my LOVE)

asks are open and welcome, as long as you're somewhat respectful about it

can and will make everything about Jesus Christ <33

just here for a good time tbh :]