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• DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s interesting that this regime is already behaving as if the dictatorship it clearly aspires to has already been established. They obviously feel quite confident about their cause.

  Well, they can afford to be, because it doesn’t look as if they have anything to fear in the way of consequences. Every day, I read alarming reports about abuse of power, open corruption, systematic racism, absurd policies that run counter to the interests of US citizens, blatant disregard for the law, and the involvement of high-ranking government officials in prostitution and pedophilia. But I never read anything that would suggest that those responsible are being held accountable.

  I therefore assume that the establishment of a dictatorship à la Russia is already so far advanced that it won’t be prevented - and by that I mean a transformation of the plutocracy that has long been the norm in the US into an unvarnished autocracy, including all the associated methods of repression, in other words, the transformation of the US into a full-blown dictatorship.

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  • OminousOrange@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fake it til you make it.

    If they see no consequences to their actions, it only makes them bolder to go more extreme.

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  • murmelade@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    These are the consequences, the majority of Americans want this.

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    • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The majority of Americans who bothered to show up want this. A plurality decided they didn’t care either way and decided they’d rather just stay home.

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    • Soulg@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The majority of people who voted, voted against him. Use your brain, if you have one.

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    • DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t think they were aware of what this meant for them. Discussing why they voted the way they did, and why so many apparently didn’t vote at all, seems rather pointless to me now.

      The question seems to me to be whether the American people will manage to shake off their agony and fight back. Despite the protests, which are naturally to be welcomed, I see no signs of this happening. I don’t think this will be enough, because these protests are not large enough to pose a threat to the government— and to my knowledge, there are no plans for a general strike.

      It seems to me that the majority of US citizens have already resigned themselves to their fate or are not prepared to take the necessary risks to defend what remains of their democracy, which is a shame because I don’t think the majority of US citizens want a dictatorship (maybe some still don’t comprehend what this actually means for their lives).

      Therefore, in my opinion, things will turn out as feared, because no resistance is to be expected from the Democrats, and I consider a recourse to the legal system to be absolutely unrealistic—it is already too deeply infiltrated (the proof of this is the fact that the incumbent president is still the incumbent president instead of being in prison for all his serious crimes).

      I’m sorry to be so pessimistic, but I think this assessment reflects reality.

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s interesting that this regime is already behaving as if the dictatorship it clearly aspires to has already been established.

    Unitary Executive Theory has been on the table since Nixon. To say “we’re not already living in a dictatorship”, you really need to squeeze your eyes shut, stay perfectly in your lane, and not ask why we have the largest prison population on earth.

    I therefore assume that the establishment of a dictatorship à la Russia is already so far advanced that it won’t be prevented

    Well, obviously, the Russians are naturally predisposed to being ruled with an iron fist, because they have bad genes. Once the American people have been cleansed of the social rot, we’re going to see the kind of Liberty and Freedom that our Founding Fathers could only dream of.

    Or, at least, that’s what Steven Miller and Steve Bannon and the last half dozen Joe Rogan guests have told me.

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    • DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      With this comment, you are simply stating that you are incapable of engaging in rational discussion.

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  • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They obviously feel quite confident about their cause.

    The real question is whether they have the momentum to keep it going. Even the MAGA types are getting tired of the impacts these decisions have on their lives. Yes, a group of bros got in power and took over, but they are falling fairly flat at each attempt. In the end, most of what they have done is symbolic. We will get back to some sense of normalcy soon enough.

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    • DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’d say what was passed under the name “big beautiful bill” is sadly more than just symbolic and the deportation of thousands upon thousands of foreigners is not either.

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• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Holy shit, that’s Caligula levels of conceit. Next he’ll make his dog a fucking senator.

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  • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Noem in the corner, polishing her gun, waiting.

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  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Next he’ll make his dog couch a fucking senator.

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• frunch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Obama’s ethics czar on this ridiculous display:

  “it creates the appearance that the vice-president of the United States is getting special treatment that’s not available to the average person who wants to utilise that body of water for recreational purposes.”

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  • teejay@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Creates the appearance”? I hope he’s careful he doesn’t burn himself with that hot take. We’re out here drowning and these mfs keep clutching their pearls.

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  • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That will never register with the average person because it isn’t clear and direct enough.

    “The vice president is abusing his power for personal enjoyment.” is the same thing but understandable by the general public.

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• krigo666@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  J. V. Dunce.

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  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But he isn’t a dunce.

    He is a fairly intelligent, highly manipulative sociopath.

    Trump is an actual dunce, a brutish moron.

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      not really, he doesnt do anything without thiel pulling the strings.

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• bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Release the Epstein files

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  • MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Release the Epstein files

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    • cute_noker@feddit.dk ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Release the Epstein files

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• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wannabe oligarchs have no shame.

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Guy who doesn’t believe in climate change once again pulling the big “Cover Up The Consequences of Climate Change” lever so he doesn’t have to personally look at the consequences of his public policy.

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• SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The party of “small government” once again governing small. Small mindedly.

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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Annoying the marines is normal ruler bullshit, but annoying the army corps of engineers is a kind of stupid reserved for those who use outhouses during tornado warnings. You dont want them to quit, they keep the Mississippi River in place

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  • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well I mean that river should have naturally moved to the other side of Louisiana like 75 years ago. Now the entire state is sinking since it’s not getting its normal fill of sediment. Good ol’ Congress deciding that stuff has to go through New Orleans instead of Lafayette because of reasons.

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  • MeThisGuy@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    why, it meanders you say?

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• MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Release the Epstein files

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    *trumpstein

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• FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’d be a shame if someone drowned due to the increased water depth next time…

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  • cloudless@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And they will blame it on Obama.

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    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks Obama!

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  peter thiel still has vance on a short leash.

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• cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  everyone knows you just gotta caulk the wagon

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