We have learned (and are still learning) that precedent doesn't mean shit
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2024
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It is spelled "president"
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Okay, I give up. What on earth is /a supposed to mean!? Some sources decode it as "alterous", but that doesn't help me either. Is this just a typo of /s?
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The more I see this unfold the more I understand why Trump won. (This is in no way me supporting Trump, the guy deserves the worst this world has to offer!)
Anyways, the establishment and dems are a bunch of toothless liars! If I was some poor chap doing my best to just stay alive in the US I likely also would've have lost hope in my vote mattering. Legally speaking, it quite literally doesn't. The dems regularly shitting on the primaries is a great example of this (and ofc the electoral collage).
Nobody in politics cares about the people. After the 2008 crash, both the reps and dems bailed out all the banks responsible for the mass fraud, while the people that suffered barely got shit.
The vast majority of people didn't vote and some voted Trump out of desperation, wanting any change at all. It's fucking sad.
Warren is a good example of someone who does care and I can only recommend her books on the matter. She came from the same place as everyone else and managed to get where she has been for a good while now.
If she'd been president 2016 or any time after that things would've looked a lot different, probably globally, I can almost guarantee as much.
Edit: and by different I mean a lot fucking better, to be clear.
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does not matter. americans have a shit education and therrfor are now dumbed down to enjoy a life in idiocracy. and just like last time i am sure hundreds of thousands of the dumbest will die. covid happend when wuhan lover donald was in office and tbis time it is going to be similar. dumb people are a magnet to problems. and the "voter" will love it! some wrestling guy will show them how to treat mpox with cooked rawmilk...it just needs to be a really stupid idea that triggers others. like nobody cares about "the wall" anymore,right? will the fat fuck finish his wall? nope! because retardism is their new religion. i am expecting hulk hogan or kid rock to be in a key position for womensrights, education or something as far out of their mental range as that.
Him not signing an ethics pledge is probably the most honest move he did in his lifetime.
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Opens the door to corruption?
The door was burnt for firewood years ago.
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And Joe pardoned Hunter for whatever they "find" next on that laptop, so, y'know, both sides.
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Well, that also gets Joe off the "10% for the big guy" invesigation that may have been chasing him after office.
I think we here all know why Biden had to pardon his son: because Trump and the republican cabal would sooner crucify him to fire up the rubes, than address any needful issues this country has. As far as conservatives are concerned, Biden’s son IS Biden, and they would deal out “pay back” for Trump’s felony convictions. It’s conservative tribalism.
But as far as conservatives will figure, it’s just “both sides” at best and “corrupt joe” at worst.
I choose to enjoy it as a last fuck you to the red hats
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Those alarms already had the copper wire stolen from behind them.
It's funny how Brazil (a country that's seen the consequences of authoritarianism) is handling their own attempted coup vs the U.S., we are basically welcoming Trump back after everything he's done.
After the coup attempt he should have been barred from office and arrested. This is such a ridiculous timeline.
Societies get the leaders they deserve.
I hate that sentiment and especially wording, but there is sadly truth behind it...
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Could open the door? The door was ripped from its hinges already.