Did he do it for the memes?

  • OpenStars@discuss.online
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    4 months ago

    We don’t have democracy anymore.

    First, the SCOTUS ruling did away with that last week, but let’s ignore that for now…

    We have a fascist authoritarian in charge who refuses to even consider stepping down until he dies - certainly he is not going to let the people decide who gets to be the Democratic nominee - vs. someone who will become a dictator for life and do the same, but somehow much, MUCH worse.

    I hope that many people vote Blue No Matter Who… yet I fear that many independents won’t.

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        4 months ago

        It’s a bit hyperbolic in this context, yet also technically accurate in a surprising number of ways, though mostly I was focusing on how he won’t allow an election to determine who gets to be the Democratic nominee. Also, he has the legal ability to murder his opponents, and is both supporting (in Gaza) even while also decrying (in Ukraine) genocide. Anyway, the point is that he is suppressing opposition (from within his own party, by not allowing a debate about who may replace him), which yes he has the legal ability to do, fwiw. So he is not much of one perhaps, but has some characteristics not entirely dissimilar to one.

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          4 months ago

          yeah those observations are fair. Regardless now I’m afraid Trump has sealed his win with this shooting. His voters are going to be mobilised like never before for the election

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            4 months ago

            Hrm, so he wasn’t seriously injured, and the outcome ends in his favor, hrm… I see.

            And Biden’s administration ends up looking weaker than ever before, for allowing it to happen. I hate politics.:-(