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It's exhausting... (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, it was too much voting by the young and lefties in 2016 that put Trump in power, don't you remember?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Two days old and the memes already aging well as Bidens campaign says they don't want to reform the Supreme Court.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

Oof.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Put a sword in my hand and I'll fight. Don't give me a rusty metal stick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Hmmm I wonder why they don't do anything about? 🤔

Oh well I'm sure all those millionaires, billionaires, and their lackeys in both parties will want to stop it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Well on the plus side I'm sure once they get rid of that whole separation of powers thing it'll be a lot easier to do stuff.

[+] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

A significant portion of the right believe in a Unitary Executive and that is what they've been working towards for decades. They believe the president has the power to control the entire federal executive branch. They've captured the judiciary branch and gotten the rulings they want.

Our current situation really is the culmination of almost 70 years of rightwing efforts. They turn out to school board meeting and ban books. Their base is extremely mobilized and there are dozens of grassroots movements with varying interests. At the end of the day they all show up to vote for their guy(s) to push their party the direction they want, it's worked and that party has mainstreamed extremism.

I tell people as often as I can, especially my trans and bipoc friends; now is the time. Get a couple guns (a long one and a short one) and learn how to use them. Learn some basic first aid, you really just need to know how to stabilize someone. Start networking with like-minded people in your communities. The police will not protect us, they’ve proven they’ll happily club senior citizens to the ground and shoot any protesters in the face with rubber bullets while escorting a rightwing murderer to safety.

Iran was a secular, liberal state until almost 1980 when they (mostly legitimately) elected an Islamist theocracy; it could happen here

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