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Americans are slowly realizing they're living in a plutocracy
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Ok, so have you just not been paying attention? Or are you just expecting things to happen instantaneously? They keep trying to do the things you say they're getting away with...but they aren't. You just have to keep watching. These things take time...and yes, that means some of what they're doing isn't getting stopped before it happens. But that also doesn't mean they're "getting away with it", any more than when anyone else commits a crime.
You specifically used the word "prevent" but, if you have been paying attention, we aren't seeing prevention. What we see are our rights being violated by the regime and then the Courts ordering them to stop. That's not prevention.
Also, I won't hold my breath. I don't think Renée Good's murderer will face accountability under this regime.
Maybe if we are allowed to have elections and different people take power we'll see prosecutions, but that just demonstrates the point we're trying to make to you. Whoever is in charge decides what the law is and what rights you have, and while Trump is in charge he decides that his Gestapo has a right to murder anyone they want. If he loses power, that might change.
The reason why I said you haven't been paying attention, is because almost everything the Trump administration has been trying to do, keeps getting blocked by the court. And contrary to popular belief, that matters, even if the Trump administration isn't following every ruling. Those count as crimes, and there will be a reckoning.
But that all goes into the pile of stuff we can't "prevent", because you can't prevent them from committing crimes. You can hold them accountable for them, though...but unfortunately it's after-the-fact, and the process takes time.
You may be right though, about the actual individuals who murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti. They may get off. But I highly doubt Kristy Noem and Stephen Miller will. Or even Greg Bovino. The people responsible for the policies that led to those murders will be held accountable. But again, unfortunately it will be after-the-fact, and it will take time. And you are correct...it will take a change in leadership. Because you're also right that the Trump administration won't hold them accountable.
But none of that makes the system broken. It just means that Trump and most of his cabinet are guilty of breaking the law. And if we don't all stand up and do something about it, then they will get away with it. The best and easiest way to make sure they are held accountable, is to show up for your midterm elections, and make sure Republicans lose their majorities in both Houses.
Qanon. Shit.
Yeah, it's taken so long to prosecute the monstrous war criminals of the Bush Administration that they're dying of old age. But it's definitely going to happen though, right? There Will Be A Reckoning, after all?
Looool.
Even Charlie Brown would call you credulous.
Lose to fucking who? The Democrats have never held Republicans accountable, not ever. I swear you people have literally Erased all memory of the fact that Trump was already in, he already lost the house, he already lost the presidency, and the Democrats did nothing to hold anyone accountable. In fact, they instead committed unforgivable crimes themselves. And they won't be held accountable for that either