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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago

Buy a gun.

Join or form a militia.

Conservatives don't, and never did, give a flying fuck about the Constitution.

The rest of us are going to have to.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

to anyone here who is active duty military:

you took an oath to protect and defend the constitution of the USA. It's time to start protecting and defending the constitution.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

I don't think "serve"is the right verb to use here.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When has the constitution ever stopped him before?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

perhaps we should give the other constitution a crack at it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

If Trump can beat the USS Constitution in a 1v1 then he can run for a 3rd term. This goes for all future, unaugmented two-term Presidents.

[–] [email protected] 109 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Stop listening to his words and report what's actually happening, news media

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's the president of the most powerful country on earth. When his words are "I'm seeking a dictatorship" they are news.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

he did literally get elected on the promise of being a dictator

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Got elected with a promise of being a dictator on the side. Not on the promise of being it. He got elected on the promise of abusing immigrants.

[–] zalgotext 5 points 1 day ago

No, he literally said he'd be a dictator on day one. He was very up front about it, and his base cheered him on

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Exactly. Our media is absolutely spineless.

It should be breaking news, the US has fallen to authoritarianism. Trump is a dictator, etc.

They are not reporting the news accurately. But then again, the media currently serves the billionaire class.

[–] mutual_ayed 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Wait! You're suggesting that William Randolph Hearst wasn't one of the good ones? I am shocked, SHOCKED, I SAY! --Well, not that shocked.

[–] mutual_ayed 3 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

This is one of those things were it is important to report on what he's saying tho.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

arrest this traitor for going against the constitution

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Dude looks like grim death now. They'll already have to Weekend at Bernie's him from 2026-2028.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

did you look at his makeup from a recent video, he looks very sickly without it, the skin past his ears that is. thats why he made all attempts to hide sickly white skin with the orange makeup.

[–] zarkanian 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Naw, he's got at least another decade in him. His dad died at 93, and his mom died at 88. And that's without the health care they have today. I wouldn't be surprised if he lived into his 90s.

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

only the good die young. seems the worse you are, the longer you live. this fucker will still be destabilizing the globe at 100

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Case in point: Dick Cheney. And Henry Kissenger.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Even if old age gets him, Vance becomes the acting president, and he's every bit as evil while not being quite as senile. I highly doubt the MAGA cult is going to die alongside Trump.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Cults rarely survive a leader transition, especially ones based so fully around an individual rather than specific ideals. The cult will die, and the support will fracture, the underlying issues with the Republican party that allowed it will still be there.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

Trump chose the most feckless, least charismatic person ever as VP specifically so he wouldn't show him up. He's evil, all right, but no way he'll be able to inherit Trump's cult.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

IDK they seem pretty darn unable to agree on anything besides how much they all love Trump. There's no Republican politician who is anywhere close to his equal. There is no obvious successor. Seems like a strong possibility of a power vacuum when he dies.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (12 children)

I understand one tactic is for him to serve as VP under someone else who promises to resign to allow Trump to serve again but he keeps saying there's also other options.

WHAT OTHER OPTIONS IS HE TALKING ABOUT?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

The supreme court has already ruled that the 14th amendment isn't self executing and congress is required to disqualify someone from being president.

The legal argument holds for any decision about presidential eligibility. So Trump can just stand and see if congress are brave enough to disqualify him in an open vote.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

one tactic is for him to serve as VP under someone else who promises to resign to allow Trump to serve again

According to the 12th amendment, "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

This seems pretty plain to me: if you can't serve as president, you also can't serve as vice president. Of course, this has never been tested in court...

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Just not holding elections due to some sort of national emergency is a tried and true method.

[–] zarkanian 4 points 1 day ago

No, he'll just issue an executive order that gets rid of term limits. Who's going to remove him?

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[–] ijedi1234 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump could claim that his term as 45th and his term as 47th are recognized as separate offices of President. Thus, he would get one extra term as 47th's second term.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Thus opening the door for some sort of Clinton-Bush type of future scenario where a Democrat and Republican are buddies behind the scenes and just keep running for one term and alternating for 20-odd years.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This isn't a boring dystopia thing. It's many things, but it's certainly not boring ):

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

It's easy. Just refuse to leave and nobody will do shit about it except complain, as always.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (9 children)

That would take an amendment to the Constitution, which requires 2/3 of states to ratify. He has a better chance of taking it by force than by law.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump isn’t supposed to be able to assume office according to the constitution being an insurrectionist and all. The document doesn’t say a damn thing about total presidential immunity.

The constitution is meaningless.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That would only apply had our court system not failed us in convicting him before the election.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

“The White House has become an adult day care center” Republican Senator Bob Corker

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