If the US had Defensive Democracy, then maybe they could do something.
But instead, we have whoever wins (aka: gets the most rich doners) gets to become president, even if they want to violate the very oath they are about to take.
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Which means that the only thing that can stop the orange idiot is one high ranking military officer having the courage to arrest him as a domestic threat to America. Although that would come with its own set of problems. In other words, we're fucked.
That would be considered an illegal coup, however ethical that act might be, it wont be legal, and thus nobody would do it. So yes indeed, we're fucked.
Idi Amin now available in a gas station near you
Didn't Eisenhower or some president warn about the dangers of the burgeoning military indistrial complex in his farewell address?
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The fuck are they supposed to do!? We as Americans voted Trump or didn't vote at all. Therefore, the fascists won.
Trump got the same votes as last time basically.
Democrats didn't show up. Again.
I think too many of them felt complacent in the idea that Trump couldn't win..
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Don't blame them, blame the people who didn't vote
But also blame the DNC for running a de-energizing campaign yet again.
Maybe the fact that people need to be "energized" in order to fucking vote is the problem?
Like I'm sorry, but "you just didn't energize me enough" is not a valid excuse for anyone not to vote, ever. Just goes to show the depth of the average American voter. Just completely devoid of critical thought.
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They will be fine. With their millions of dollars, book sales, philanthropic foundations, speech engagements, fundraising… The changing of the guard doesn’t mean shit to them except they’re not on the government dime anymore.
The rest of the (sane) country? Watching them row away from the Titanic in a half-empty lifeboat.
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What are they supposed to do?
The majority voted for Trump. What more is there to discuss?
Was it truly majority? And is it 100% certain there was no fraud?
I heard in finland's news there was somekind of arson attack at some point which destroyed bunch of votes, while the elections were still going but i have no idea how much. I dont think they would fabricate such news.
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They could at least stand behind the messaging from the campaign.
If you call someone a dangerous threat to democracy for a year, and then when they get elected you wish them well and act civil, it really undermines your point about the whole threat to democracy thing.
Exactly. I believe Trump truly is an existential threat to the world and American democracy. To Biden and Harris, it was just campaign jargon.
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The majority voted for Trump in a country with voter suppression, gerrymandering, and even terrorist threats against voters / poll workers. I don't know what to think of that statistic in light of... many exhausting decades of bullshit.
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The majority didn't vote at all.
Like in the Trolley problem, not making a choice is itself a choice.
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The people have spoken. The last duty of the outgoing administration is the orderly hand-off to the incoming admin.
What about this is hard to understand? They're doing what we ask of them; even if you, me and they fear the next 2 years and then 2 more.
But I suspect this is just trolling.
The ~~people~~ moneyed interests in charge of a deeply unrepresentative system have spoken
Fixed that for you. If not for several kinds of voter suppression and the Dem leadership being deaf to the left two thirds of the base, the GOP would have become permanently uncompetitive to the point of irrelevance DECADES ago.
What about this is hard to understand? They're doing what we ask of them
False, see above. The US is one of the LEAST representative "democracies" in the world even when you DON'T count legal corruption as corruption.
But I suspect this is just trolling.
BIG "criticizing Biden means you love Trump" energy 🙄
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Good thing we didn't vote! We might have changed this!
If enough people voted, the Democrats would have given people free health care, stopped financing wars, torture and genocide, close Guantanamo, improve public transit, boost public education, and lowered the cost of groceries. If only enough people voted for the Democrats, they could be in power and bring change. Of course!
Just pointing out that the last time Democrats had a filibuster-proof majority and the Presidency, it was for 73 days in 2009 and Obamacare was passed.
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