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Perspective (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/justpost@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] 3 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Who is holding trump in check? He is getting away with whatever he wants, writing XOs that are taken as law. Like all good autocracies he has his cronies doing his bidding. Yes the us can get much worse.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 6 months ago (6 children)

    While trump is getting away with quite a few things that should absolutely alarm most people, he isn't "getting away with whatever he wants". Some of his own appointed judges even rule against him to this day. He has grown the powers of the executive, sure, but he's no dictator yet. He doesn't hold absolute power. The Republic is still intact, and it's important to acknowledge that because it definitely is facing legitimate existential threats more than just the incompetent-ass trump admin. Americans still have a few more chances to fight off a legitimately autocratic government, chances many Americans are already making an effort to take. An autocratic America is not inevitable.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    You are absolutely correct but the person to whom you are responding is an absolute goof. (As you can likely tell.)

    Opinions like theirs scare me almost as much as the trump administration.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, it can be pretty disheartening to see some of the very loud and irrational voices on the left. I want to try to publicly temper the silly black and white rhetoric as much as I can to hopefully help everyone focus on the actual problems we're facing, rather than catastrophizing or pushing away potential allies with wild purist gatekeeping. It also helps when we hear another voice of reason to feel like less of an outsider...

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 5 months ago

    I think I saw this while out and about and forgot about it but I 100% agree.

    It feels like shouting into the void but it's nice to come across posts like yours doing the same thing.

    My personal theory, mostly based on how upvotes for a post can significantly differ from the comments, is that there are a lot of folks who have similar feelings but have given up being yelled at by crazies in the comment section. Which, absolutely fair, half the time I get a notification I'm going "ugh, what silliness is someone going to yell at me about this time?"

    Anyway, keep up the good fight!

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  • [โ€“] -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Let me know when he is in jail for his crimes, until then this is all show

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    I can't help but notice you moved that there goalpost. I also can't help but notice the absolute language you're using. I agree that the wannabe dictator belongs on death row, but I think we both know he won't see any jail time. However, that doesn't necessitate that any form of resistance is "all show". Don't be silly. Politics isn't so simple, comrade.

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