• Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 hours ago

      This’ll probably get said a lot around here but the US isn’t a democracy and hasn’t really been one in the past. For instance; the US public overwhelmingly support universal healthcare but it never goes anywhere in the actual government.

      We’re just witnessing an oligarchy transition into outright fascism because the US is failing.

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        9 hours ago

        This is true. The almighty founding fathers purposefully put in several requirements for somebody to vote, most only being removed relatively recently, and with far too much effort and blood. Essentially, in order to vote, a person had to be a landowner (have money), be white, and be male (might have been some other restrictions, can’t remember rn). This excluded much of the population, by design. This is because the Constitution was not designed by the filthy commoners, but by the wealthy older white men.

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    7 hours ago

    Every power item he manipulates for himself normalizes it and allows every future president to use it

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    10 hours ago

    More opportunity for the left to file lawsuits and go after Trump and his billions!

    All that lawyers need to realize is if they play by Roy Cohn’s own legal playbook - and viciously apply all the tactics he used… Trump will fold.

    Dude’s like the schoolyard bully that would always shake down all the little kids for their milk money until that one skinny kid with the worn out sneakers that no one liked, kicked the shit out of him.

    Ultimately, a coward.