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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

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[-] 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.

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[-] 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.

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[-] 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.

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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 265 points 2 years ago

Arrest Of Elon Musk For Felony Vote Buying

YES! FINALLY!

Demanded In Wisconsin

Dude, don't tease me like that

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 82 points 2 years ago

State law. Rrump can't pardon it away.

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 152 points 2 years ago

Let me know when he's actually arrested and charged.

[-] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Won't happen. While I think all this institutional resistance is good. All of the lawsuits and judge rulings should only be seen as a way meant to delay. Fascism is here. You don't unravel it using the existing institutions and systems.

Delay and prepare. Learn who all your neighbors are. Make sure you can contact all of them quickly and that they can contact you. Your neighbors and your coworkers are who you should be organizing with. Talk to them. Find out who might be a target by ICE. Find out which one of them you can't trust. And of course. Arm yourself.

Elons not getting arrested but we don't have to let them arrest us either. If there is no justice for Elon we can't allow anymore injustice to us.

[-] tacobellhop@midwest.social 16 points 2 years ago

He’s actively this second openly buying a Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin. I mean obviously nows the time to do it or never do it.

Nows the time to throw all the knives in the air.

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 119 points 2 years ago

Fucking do it already. His approval ratings are pretty low right now (billionaire approval ratings, fucking gross), so I feel like MAGA might not come to his defense this time.

[-] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 21 points 2 years ago

I feel like MAGA might not come to his defense this time.

Hope this isn't wishful thinking. Trump thinks his son is a l33t hacker for being able to turn a laptop on. Musk on the other hand owns a major social media platform and has access to skilled technicians and programmers, as well as huge server farms which he doubtless uses to analyse voter behaviour and find the weak points where efforts should be focused in order to have most impact on electoral choices.

Trump certainly understands how essential to the disinfo effort Musk is, even though it's way beyond the grasp of your average MAGA. IMO Trump is not going to abandon Musk in a hurry.

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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Fucking do it already

Laws are for little people. Nobody in Wisconsin is going to green light this, because nobody has the chutzpah to inconvenience a billionaire.

I feel like MAGA might not come to his defense this time

MAGA isn't the problem. Corporate media and the Trump AG are the problem.

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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 108 points 2 years ago

Seriously, who would arrest a billionaire? It seems like he has a suit of armor made of money that everyone won't touch. If anyone else walked into the federal agencies and did what he did, they would have been arrested.

[-] ravelin@lemmy.ml 62 points 2 years ago

Aside from his money, he is also politically important now. I think that protects him more than anything else now. But he bought political importance with his money, so it's related.

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 70 points 2 years ago

This is not an arrest warrant or anything. It's a Democrat politician saying he should be arrested

[-] peteyestee@feddit.org 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I hate "news" like this... It's a waste of time.

One person on Twitter saying something turns into "Twitter says..."

Politician say x in normal pointless conversation and it turns into "democrats/politicians say..."

And people feverishly eat it up.

Our society is fucked.

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[-] Manticore 70 points 2 years ago

Feel like this title should've been Wisconsin Demands Arrest of... Because holy shit my heart skipped a beat to think something might change :(

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[-] squeekers@lemm.ee 57 points 2 years ago

This!

Then aggressively review his widely known to be fraudulently obtained American citizenship, seize his American assets including his companies, and send him back to South Africa.

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[-] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 49 points 2 years ago

Throw the dirty immigrant deep in an El Salvadoran prison. Fucking dirtbag. Give him a taste of his own medicine.

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[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago

A billionaire is never going to suffer a real consequence in America. That’s why we’re so screwed in the first place

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[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago

Oh? Demanded? Then what is the point.

Wake me up if he is at least arrested.

[-] nfreak@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago

Every day I wake up praying to read the news that someone did the funniest thing to this nazi fuck. I'll settle for an arrest though.

[-] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

It’s a me!

[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 43 points 2 years ago

Put out an arrest on Peter Thiel too, since he is the real puppet master of all this bs.

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[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 years ago
[-] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 24 points 2 years ago

Preferably in a vat of acid

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[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We need exercise our second amendment and the citizens need to arrest

Elon Musk, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, Clarence Thomas, Big Balls and associated hacker coup, Peter Theil, Tulsi Gabbard, John Roberts, Jared Kushner, Steve Miller, Brett Kavanaugh and all January 6th rioters

I think that would be a good start

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

state charges too, Trump cant pardon those. Maybe thats the answer for republican law breakers, move all the federal laws to the state books. (Or maybe thats a bad idea, I'm not a lawyer)

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago

This is a great idea. Moving everything from the Feds to the states is a core conservative value, so they should welcome this.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 years ago

Lol nah. Their only core value is hypocrisy, so they absolutely would not welcome it.

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[-] some_dude@lemm.ee 34 points 2 years ago

Let me just hold my breath real quick

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

Good! Someone lock him up!

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[-] Etterra@discuss.online 28 points 2 years ago

I've wanted to see him arrested for a while now too. I wonder if there's a way to class-action sue him for trashing the government/economy. After all, he's unelected and not even technically a government employee - just some rich asshole granted authority without mandate.

[-] KingOogaBooga@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

please, please, please.....oh man...please....I love Wisconsin cheese....please.

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[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 years ago

If I were a republican voter (I'm not), and the richest man in the world was buying votes for my preferred party, that would be a huge red flag because it's very obvious that my own interests are not well aligned with the richest man in the world.

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[-] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago

He can't be arrested, he owns the country

[-] Trilobite@lemm.ee 46 points 2 years ago
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[-] tisktisk@piefed.social 23 points 2 years ago

How have we not learned from Trump's legacy that there's a net worth threshold that once breached is a permanent get out of jail card?
This isn't complicated--these oligarchs have been definitively above the law since the very first days that laws existed

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Good... something something shithole country (Trump's words, not mine)

Send fElon packing

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[-] Elkot@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Americans...why are you just allowing this to happen to your country, like what's it going to take for you people to actually do something?

[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

We're slaves living paycheck to paycheck and nobody cares about each other.

This system will collapse before we hold rich white men accountable

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[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Democratic Governors need to start flexing some power ASAP.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Obtain the warrant now, Wikler.

[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Can't wait to see footage of him melting down in a cell.

No ketamine. No hand servants. Nobody listening to his threats.

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[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up! Our tax dollars made him so rich he is now an enemy of the free world. He has already declared war on the working class we need to neutralize this threat for the future of democracy in the world. This needs to happen NOW!

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