Respectfully, I think this is a naive myth.
Ask yourself this: if Bernie won and began executing his agenda with the brash disregard for criticism of Trump, do you think he could do it and people would say the same things we say about Trump? Or do you think we would see the collective power of congress the supreme Court the state governments and the corporate world come down on him in 100 different ways?
I think the more honest truth is that there are people with power who like what Trump is doing, and the people who don’t like what he’s doing don’t have power.
protist@mander.xyz 6 hours ago
Well, we did, it just requires functional legislative and judicial branches, which we no longer have
mrdown@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Oh yeah? Give me an real concrete example of a president getting hold accountable in the usa. By accountability I don’t just mean impeachement but real consequences like jail
Steve@communick.news 6 hours ago
Jail? No, never. We do kill them occasionally.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Some for of punishment is required when you do the level of bullshit he has done.
protist@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
No argument here. My response was to the idea that the US has never had any form of accountability for presidents, which is just not true.