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[–] 133 points 1 year ago (25 children)

It's interesting that this regime is already behaving as if the dictatorship it clearly aspires to has already been established. They obviously feel quite confident about their cause.

Well, they can afford to be, because it doesn't look as if they have anything to fear in the way of consequences. Every day, I read alarming reports about abuse of power, open corruption, systematic racism, absurd policies that run counter to the interests of US citizens, blatant disregard for the law, and the involvement of high-ranking government officials in prostitution and pedophilia. But I never read anything that would suggest that those responsible are being held accountable.

I therefore assume that the establishment of a dictatorship à la Russia is already so far advanced that it won't be prevented - and by that I mean a transformation of the plutocracy that has long been the norm in the US into an unvarnished autocracy, including all the associated methods of repression, in other words, the transformation of the US into a full-blown dictatorship.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It’s interesting that this regime is already behaving as if the dictatorship it clearly aspires to has already been established.

    Unitary Executive Theory has been on the table since Nixon. To say "we're not already living in a dictatorship", you really need to squeeze your eyes shut, stay perfectly in your lane, and not ask why we have the largest prison population on earth.

    I therefore assume that the establishment of a dictatorship à la Russia is already so far advanced that it won’t be prevented

    Well, obviously, the Russians are naturally predisposed to being ruled with an iron fist, because they have bad genes. Once the American people have been cleansed of the social rot, we're going to see the kind of Liberty and Freedom that our Founding Fathers could only dream of.

    Or, at least, that's what Steven Miller and Steve Bannon and the last half dozen Joe Rogan guests have told me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They obviously feel quite confident about their cause.

    The real question is whether they have the momentum to keep it going. Even the MAGA types are getting tired of the impacts these decisions have on their lives. Yes, a group of bros got in power and took over, but they are falling fairly flat at each attempt. In the end, most of what they have done is symbolic. We will get back to some sense of normalcy soon enough.

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    [–] 78 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Holy shit, that's Caligula levels of conceit. Next he'll make his dog a fucking senator.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Obama's ethics czar on this ridiculous display:

    "it creates the appearance that the vice-president of the United States is getting special treatment that’s not available to the average person who wants to utilise that body of water for recreational purposes."

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    That will never register with the average person because it isn't clear and direct enough.

    "The vice president is abusing his power for personal enjoyment." is the same thing but understandable by the general public.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    But he isn't a dunce.

    He is a fairly intelligent, highly manipulative sociopath.

    He did this because he is reasonably confident there will be no negative consequences for him doing this.

    And he is likely correct about that.

    Trump, on the other hand is an actual dunce, a brutish moron, who can barely even read anything that isn't a page of bullet points and/or constantly praising him / fluffing him up.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Wannabe oligarchs have no shame.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago*

    Guy who doesn't believe in climate change once again pulling the big "Cover Up The Consequences of Climate Change" lever so he doesn't have to personally look at the results of his public policy.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    The party of "small government" once again governing small. Small mindedly.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Annoying the marines is normal ruler bullshit, but annoying the army corps of engineers is a kind of stupid reserved for those who use outhouses during tornado warnings. You dont want them to quit, they keep the Mississippi River in place

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Well I mean that river should have naturally moved to the other side of Louisiana like 75 years ago. Now the entire state is sinking since it's not getting its normal fill of sediment. Good ol' Congress deciding that stuff has to go through New Orleans instead of Lafayette because of reasons.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    It'd be a shame if someone drowned due to the increased water depth next time.....

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    peter thiel still has vance on a short leash.

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  • everyone knows you just gotta caulk the wagon

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