Is Congressional tyranny or Executive tyranny a bigger problem in America?

[darklordoftech]

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[Damocles]

When R senators from 25 thinly populated states have a political monopoly on their state's representation, and can singlehandedly block legislation desired by more than three-quarters of the entire population, there's a problem. The structure of the Senate favors R legislative tyranny.

[VPH]

Probably executive. Congress hasn't declared war since 1942 and hasn't actually authorized military engagements for nearly 20 years now, despite fighting going on in those theaters for the better part of 20 years. Executive agencies are larger and more prominent than ever too (which is not necessarily a problem imo but definitely a sign of a larger executive branch), in no small part because Congress refuses to do its job properly. Dysfunction in the legislative branch just lets the executive grow.

[Antonio the Sixth]

The US Congress is one of the most dysfunctional, feckless and pathetic legislative bodies in the developed world. Tyranny is not what we have to fear from it.

(Of course that could change if the GOP won a trifecta and decided to go all in on authoritarian consolidation, but even then, they'd probably mostly lean on the presidency and the judiciary rather than Congress.)

[S019]

Executive, since Congress does nothing

[Blue3]

And Congressional inaction/dysfunction is a bigger problem than both (as well as the enabler of any executive or judicial tyranny)