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[-] courageousstep@lemm.ee 359 points 2 years ago

If this arrest doesn't happen, democracy is one step closer to the grave.

A lot of shit has happened to destroy democracy so far (has anyone been keeping a list?), but if billionaires see that they can now buy votes, nothing will stop them from doing it over and over again. We will be Russia.

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 2 years ago

At this point democracy is so far underground that only a Level 17 necronancer can resurrect it

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Even then the DM is gonna hit us with a bullshit counterspell

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago

Silvery Barbs (shoved up his ass) is our only hope.

[-] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'll probably get called a commie but at it's core, is this version of democracy working well? I'm all for equal rights but if the majority of people are incapable of understanding what it takes to run a nation, how do we trust them to vote someone in who will be a good leader?

If it wasn't evident enough during his first campaign that he has no interest in enriching the lives of the average american, his first 4 years in office should have proven he is not trying to help out the blue collar class, if Jan 6 wasn't enough to show he is not a level headed leader then what will? If his second term starting off with trying to start trade wars wasn't enough, then at what point are we going to realize an overwhelming amount of people are always going to vote for terrible candidates?

I'm having trouble reasoning to myself that the current system is capable of bringing progress. It's just constant flipping between a couple parties undoing what the previous administration did, how is this a good thing?

[-] Atomicbunnies@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

That's like homebrew lvl 25 shit!

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

If this arrest doesn't happen, democracy is one step closer to the grave.

Worry not, most Americans are bravely waiting until they have no options left and literally living in squalor before considering any action

In the last 8+ years I have seen the goal post for action moved so many times, I have lost all hope Americans will actually do something for themselves

I guess you won't make fun of French people anymore

[-] courageousstep@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago

I have seen the goal post for action moved so many times

Yes. I have too. I honestly think I've moved my own goal posts for action, as well. I think most of the people like me feel truly lost about what to do. We need a Martin Luther King, Jr figure to unite and direct.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 9 points 2 years ago

I guess you won't make fun of French people anymore

It's stupid now but it was already stupid when they did it before, so I don't why that would change

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

A lot of people strongly believe that God will protect them from whatever terrible Biblical punishments are going to befall the Liberals, Minorities, and Gays. They seem to forget that the Divine Retribution they are praying for so hard always carries enormous collateral damage. SEE: Ark, Noah's, also Sodom/Gommorah, also Plagues, Egyptian, etc.

[-] drhodl@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Also, the people who think like this, are actually being evil, so their belief brings their own doom. TLDR: If you're a cunt who sits back and revels in the suffering of those you don't like, you aint going to heaven....

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 years ago

Your ten thousand foot view is very limited.

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I'm at the point where I know he won't face consequences because he's rich. But an arrest and trial would at least be sanity.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

But an arrest and trial would

be an absolute pony show ending with no conviction.

We only have a criminal justice system for the poors. If you want justice for people like Musk, vigilante is the only option.

[-] drhodl@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Unless...hear me out....he fucks up the comfort zone of the other rich bastards.

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Trump already announced he plans to prosecute anyone trying to enforce the Hatch Act.

The Hatch Act is what makes this illegal.

[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago
[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

"Whoops, the judge ordered us to release them because we did not actually charge them, but they're already in an El Salvador prison 🤷‍♀️"

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

You’re asking that like a dictator needs a legal byline for his actions.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 years ago

It isn't gonna happen. Nothing happened to Trump, nothing will happen to Musk. Too rich, too powerful. Justice is only for the pariahs.

[-] drhodl@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Brian Thompson was rich and powerful too, before he got Luigi'd.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago

That was a case of civilian, extrajudicial sentencing. Nothing to do with the justice system.

[-] drhodl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago

Democracy is not a step closer to the grave, it’s already dead, just not buried and so now it’s lying on the street , smelling funny and a tad off-colour.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I have over 100 tabs open on my phone waiting to go into a document

[-] courageousstep@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Brilliant! I'd love to see the finished list when it's done.

I mean, I'd love for it not to have to exist, but here we are.

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