Forty-four men have succeeded Washington so far. Some became titans; others finished their terms without distinction; a few ended their service to the nation in ignominy. But each of them knew that the day would come when it would be their duty and honor to return the presidency to the people.
All but one, that is.
the fact that trump happened in the first place, that the GOP stole the supreme court, that NO ONE is doing anything about the blatant broad daylight corruption of the supreme court, that election boards are allowed to be overtaken by blatantly partisan GOP operatives–it all shows how fragile this country always was, held together by some nebulous nowhere-defined “honor system”
which trump threw out the window forever
even if trump loses this november, some other bloviating GOP gasbag will take his place, and it’s going to be the same story every election, until there are no more elections. this has been in the works for many years
All of civilization ultimately relies on the honors system, and nobody’s ever been able to change it.
I always saw him like an anomaly, an unexpected improbable blip in history that may have an effect over decades but the disruptions it brought will go away… eventually.
When he came into power I immediately thought of something in the Foundation series (I try to avoid spoiling it because even if the books have been around for some time people are discovering it through the Apple TV series).
So yeah it’ll get better but perhaps not in our lifetime…
Gods I hate that I agree with you. I had no idea how thin the threads were that held this republic together, or how readily my fellow citizens would throw the entire American experiment away just for the sake of spite. Trump is the first despot, but he certainly won’t be the last.
deliberately enshittify the lives of the have-nots, through wage inequality, castrating education, and yes, nonstop propaganda convincing the masses to vote against their own best interests because jeeeeeeeezuzzz
proceed to blame everyone’s ensuing shitty life on mexicans, gays, women, black people, and anyone who didn’t vote R for any reason
repeat until plutocracy
repeat until dictator
i don’t think that the system and country was that fragile, it did required decades of propaganda from the far right to get to the point it is now
thanks, once again, to the boomers
The problem with the Supreme Court is that you need the Senate to be on board with any kind of action. Two approaches:
Making something meaningful happen here requires actually electing enough Democrats to the Senate to act.
This is why people need to get out and vote. Nearly every election where Dems had over 60% turnout they have won. Reps never have changes in turnout and I think they have around 65-70% usually? All people need to do is get out and vote and these people lose their edge
Even if it is impossible with the current math, it’d be nice to hear some politicians loudly calling for expanding the court or impeachment. Seems to me if we want to get a strong majority, we need some leadership that actually promises some things people really want. Aside from AOC, nobody seems to want to talk about real ways to fix the court. They seem to be content to just ride it out and hope at some vague point it gets better.
and this is why the GOP has been working nonstop for over 10 years to undermine public confidence in the vote
if harris wins: it was rigged
if harris wins by a landslide: it was definitely rigged
if trump wins: it was still rigged but that just shows how godemperor trump is jesus 2.0