Invertedouroboros

@Invertedouroboros@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point who in the world could stop Trump over doing something totally illegal? Like lets say using bunker buster bombs to destroy DEM cities? Or is USA communially FUCKED?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I know. Just leaving room for miracles I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point who in the world could stop Trump over doing something totally illegal? Like lets say using bunker buster bombs to destroy DEM cities? Or is USA communially FUCKED?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  On paper there’s plenty that could. The Supreme Court could have stepped in to stop a lot of this. Executive orders only stand in places where a full fledged law from congress doesn’t cover the issue. The military is theoretically as obligated to disobey an unlawful order as they are to obey a lawful one and states are theoretically pretty insulated from federal interference except in a few explicit areas.

  But, we don’t live on paper and none of those protections exist unless there are people out there who are ready, willing, and able, to act on them. What happens if the Supreme Court somehow manages to rule against the administration and they just flagrantly disregard the order? What happens if Trump orders the military to start attacking US citizens openly or starts an illegal war without congressional approval? What happens if Trump runs for president again in 2028? Or just says he’s president for life and we’re not doing elections anymore?

  The answer is nothing, unless people stand up against him. And… so far… we haven’t seen much of that. Not from people in government at any rate. We’ve seen a bit from normal folks on the ground in places like LA, but our government’s been working to neuter the power of popular protest since the civil rights protests, perhaps even earlier. So reasonable people can disagree on the efficacy of that.

  I really don’t want to echo the doomer line I’ve seen written here a lot, but yeah, we’re probably fucked. Like maybe if something was done like… a decade ago? Two? Maybe we wouldn’t be in this situation. But… as things stand? I don’t even know if the damage from the first Trump presidency can ever truly be repaired and more damage is being done on a weekly, almost a daily basis. Personally? I think it’s only a matter of time before this man breaks the global economy irreparably. In a way that simply can’t be swept under the rug again. Domestically? Who the fuck knows at this point? I have to resist the urge to laugh out loud whenever people ask where I see myself in five years because at this point I’ve got no idea what the next two weeks are gonna hold.

  So… yeah. Fun times in the ol US of A.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did this scare you when you were a kid as much as it scared me?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Walking through the streets of soho in the rain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DnD⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably fudges his rolls when playing with AI too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It was rigged?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can have a little bit of CTE, as a treat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are peole hating on .world?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was simply telling a joke, but point well taken.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are peole hating on .world?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, considering the right wing hellscape our (US) Overton window overlooks the bias bot might actually have a point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happens if Biden dies before the next inauguration (see inside)?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’d also count as a full term in office so far as the rule against running more than twice goes. So you could run for reelection, but that isn’t a “one werid trick” to getting three terms in office.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stay Mad⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m gonna be honest, I was thinking of Dracula flow when I posted this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stay Mad⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Mother fucker could be Dracula for all I care. Still voting for him.