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[–] 123 points 6 months ago (6 children)

trump just about is king in all but name:
He stands above the law.
Holds his court with his chosen sycophants.
Writes edicts and decrees for those below him to live by.
Hands out pardons only to those who please him.
Takes "gifts" and makes them his personal property.
Claims his status to be divine and scolds religious leaders.
Demands to have a ballroom, and most likely wants another palace after that.
Erects monuments and renames buildings in his name.
Is normalizing that he does not have to leave his position.

So, yeah, when will he just claim the title of King to get it solidified?

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  • [–] 42 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    when will he just claim the title of King to get it solidified

    That's why I appreciated the renaming of Department of War. It's pretty much the only honest thing this admin has ever said. When's the last time the US "defended" something?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Trump doesn’t lie about what he wants to do. Wants to call it the Department of War because that’s what he wants to do. He absolutely wants to: bomb the shit out of Iran, cancel elections, deport citizens/cancel citizenship, etc.

    However, he always lies about his accomplishments. He hasn’t won any wars. He isn’t negotiating great deals with Iran. He isn’t keeping gas prices low. He hasn’t made a great economy. Etc.

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  • [–] 75 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Shouldn't the "republicans" and the 2A be having something to say about that? Or are they busy wiping gravy away with their novelty DOI napkins?

    I'm sure the French regret the Statue of Liberty every day.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    The 2A worshippers think, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" means precisely, "Ain't nobody taking my guns" and no more. The orange shitstain's regular attacks on the Constitution aren't their problem, so long as they can use 1A to say they hate (n-word), and 'keep' their guns, rocket launchers, grenades, whatever.

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  • [–] 74 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    Kings have one appropriate role in civilized society and it is to be guillotined.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    As a brit, that doesn't always work...

    But it has been a while.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    well here's my theory: if the reason it didn't work is because you have a new king...well...what's the new king's role in civilized society?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    To be a figurehead. They are seperate from the government for a reason (these days) and that keeps them independent. They do little for general society on the day-to-day, except for the tourism industry - others care a lot more about them than the Brits or Commonwealth do, but they do (or are meant to) be a moral compass for the population too. That's how figureheads have always worked.

    Hence why people get very upset when they act like normal people - e.g. the Diana/Camilla/Charles years of the Early 90s. Or even worse, Andrew. Presidents are political figurehead positions, which means they make decisions that affect the day-to-day running of the country. This can be good and bad. Good because things come from the top, but also bad because if that doesn't work, the top is where the blame lies and there's no way to remove the top person easily - in a constitutional monarchy, the prime minister/head of government, can be easily removed by a vote of no confidence. Whilst the Republic system works well if the President doesn't have too much power, as was originally the case in the US for example and how it was set up, it becomes tyrannical if the President chooses to consolidate the power in the executive and, more importantly, is allowed to by the house - that's what the English Civil War was all about (i.e. the King wanted all the power themselves and the Parliament said no). Notice the parallels to the current US.

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  • [–] 55 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    TDS indeed, trump devotion syndrome. Makes zero fucking sense the allure these few morons have for this fat dumb pedophile piece of shit.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    What are you talking about? It makes perfect sense. The wheels of every corporation haven't been this greased since Nixon. Trump is absolutely glazing the oil, technology, and his own industries. Everyone is in bed together, they make all the money, and we all lose.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    What good is money if they destroy Earth with their idiotic deregulations and everyone dies? Is it just achievement clout and nothing more?

    There really is no purpose to one individual having so much wealth that they literally could not spend it all no matter how hard they'd try in their or their next 5 generations lifetimes. Ridiculous.

    Some of these assholes could theoretically spend a few million a day for decades and never lose principal balance, would even net positive.

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  • [–] 44 points 6 months ago (12 children)

    More testing of the waters for 2028 when he inevitably refuses to leave office.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    Do people think this will work? The white house is a small building. The military is run from the pentagon

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Seems like the military has already followed illegal orders (e.g. bombing the Venezuelan boats) . Don't think they're really interested in following the law.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    While there are certainly some scum in military to follow the oligarchies wishes- I would like to think there's at least a handful of good souls that will make the right call when the time comes. We'll see, the general populace should have already revolted but as long as we can watch our insta chat reels we'll never rise up so maybe not

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago*

    The pedopublicans don't leave unless it's bleeding out like a shot cartoon character.

    Whoever wins will be overturned in their favor, if a Democrat wasn't mutually agreed upon to start with.

    It isn't bad enough for people to rise up by design.

    And by the time it is, you won't be able to also, by design.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

    You're funny

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)
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    Even if they were to try this, I honestly do not think he will live much past 2028. He is already about 80 years old, in poor health with an ever degrading mental capacity. They really can't be planning for him to be around forever.

    Hell even Trump himself keeps talking about building a legacy, which suggests to me that he knows his days are numbered.

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  • [–] 40 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Man will never be truly free until the last Burger King is strangled with the entrails of the last Burger Priest.

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  • [–] 37 points 6 months ago

    Just in case anyone was still confused as to whether or not Republicans are fascists.

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  • [–] 35 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    They're trying so hard to troll, it's pathetic.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    when it comes from a head of state or the office, it’s not to be treated as if it’s a troll, because it’s not. it’s a threat from a dictator.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    The incompetence of the day is the administration placing Australian flags instead of the UK ones

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago

    He is the king of Pedos.

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  • [–] 44 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    The Republicans need to look up the basic definition of what republicanism actually is.

    Tip: it is not being in favour of a monarch, i.e. a king

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    They view themselves as a new Rome, a republic on the verge of becoming an empire, and trump is their Caeser. They don't care if he dies as soon as he's done being useful to them, because they know the damage is done and Rome ain't never gonna be a republic again.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] 25 points 6 months ago* (8 children)

    Midterms are coming up,

    And instead of working out why 1/2 of their country hates them, the admin is actively mocking/pissing people off?

    Bold strategy.

    It is like they want to lose, and go back to their crying/fake/stolen/rigged talk again.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    I really hope it ends up mattering but apathy between the two parties is extreme and I'm worried about voter turnout

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    Yeah,

    Tankies on lemmy: "The democrats never do anything for the working class!!1!!1!"

    Progressive Dems: Propose bill to increase minimum wage

    Tankies: "THAT DOESN'T COUNT!"

    It's always the same story...

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    ...it doesn't count. They appear to propose bills with the intention of voting them out. Even popular bills lose with a 49-51 vote. They draw straws on who will join the Republicans to vote down popular initiatives.

    "Rats, that one rogue Democrat foiled our plans."

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    It's consistently been a few key individuals each time. If you're too lazy to research congressional voting records, that's on you.

    Booting Manchin, Sinema, and Fetterman from office would go a long way. Even further if you boot Schumer and Jeffries. Some of them have primaries this year.

    But since you don't want to focus on the actual problem, and instead generalize it to the entire democratic party, then I guess we're just fucked and there's nothing anyone can do about it, and progressive dems should stop trying because they have an uphill battle and some butthurt lemmings think it's all performative anyway, right?

    Or maybe you could support the initiatives that matter and do something to oppose the spoiler voters, instead of obfuscating for them by saying it's all by design and how the system is intended to work.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I'll say what many people are waiting to get confirmation on.

    The midterms don't matter. The fix is already in. You will all "vote" but just like in Mother Russia we already know who is going to win.

    America is a failed state.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    King Pedophile Clown.

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  • I left reedit when they made the god emporer trump subreddit, so 10 years? Wtf humanity, he isn't your friend....

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Someone on X or Truth should float the idea to him to rename the USA the United States of Trump, so he will estrange a large chunk of his nationalist followers 😈

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    King Charles and King Kiddie Fiddler.

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