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comment by goobster
goobster  ·  1432 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Executive Order on Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture

It's funny. Dude wakes up in the middle of the night, writes some insane shit down on a piece of paper, and then a flunky types it up and posts it to the internet.

The sum total of the effect of an Executive Order.

There are no controls in place. No enforcement. No authority... unless someone chooses to apple the Executive Order to their work, and then suddenly they have be-knighted themselves with the authority of the President. And because there is no enforcement or structure around which to ensure compliance with any Executive Order, it is up to the acolyte to decide how to interpret it.

The Executive Order is the weirdest holdover from monarchy/dictatorial ruling structures...

And in other news, the new White House is gonna be GORGEOUS... although a new name may be in order: