• foodandart@lemmy.zip
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    8 days ago

    Nooo. That would be an excuse by the Trump Administration to declare Martial Law, and then he could prevent the mid-term elections from happening.

    What people I talk to agree on, is that as long as no mass attacks happen, what you are seeing is a ton of police action that does not meet the standards for qualified immunity.

    With Trump, you don’t want to meet him head on, but you meet him in a court, because that is where he is weakest.

    Also, those brownshirts are going to discover just how disposable they are - just like the ones in the Third Reich were - after the mid-term elections.

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      8 days ago

      With Trump, you don’t want to meet him head on, but you meet him in a court, because that is where he is weakest.

      Hahaha fucking libs mate. The courts haven’t stopped Trump doing shit, he walks over them daily.

      The only way to defeat a fascist is with a bullet.

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          8 days ago

          Sadly it’s only been the shittiest of Americans doing the best things as of late (Trump, Kirk)

          Well except for whoever killed that healthcare CEO, we still don’t know who actually did that one yet.

    • nublug@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      8 days ago

      “we can’t resist or they’ll… checks notes … do all the stuff they’re doing anyway”

      lol

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        7 days ago

        Damn I missed the marines mass murdering protesters and the suspension of elections.

        What dimension do you get your news from? Clearly this one isn’t as exciting as it could be

    • Krono@lemmy.today
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      8 days ago

      the fantasy of justice

      I remember having similar fantasies during the W. Bush administration. “Surely, when Democrats get into power these egregious war criminals will face justice in the courts!”

      Being a lesser evil voter in this country is probably the logical choice, but it is also signing up for a lifetime supply of “fell for it again” awards.

      Your comparison to the brownshirts is correct- most rank and file brownshirts were never prosecuted.

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        8 days ago

        We have to settle for the “lesser evil” because we wait until the final contest to finally make a choice.

        There is a plenitude of opportunities to make our voices heard before the Tuesday after the first Monday every four years. And to better forge our future to be more than the “lesser of two evils”.

        The problem isn’t that we have too much participation, it’s that we have too little. This wouldn’t change if we used a different method of participation. Be it peaceful protest, violent revolution, or some other option. It requires that a population be involved in decision making of their own future. Far more often then once every few years.